A Catholic priest has come forward with serious allegations that Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the most prominent progressive voices in the American hierarchy, has engaged in homosexual affairs. The claims, if substantiated, raise grave questions about leadership and moral integrity in the Church According to LifeSiteNews, a priest has publicly alleged that Cardinal Robert…
It wasn’t long into my study of the sex abuse crisis in the Church that I realized that many or even most bishops customarily respond to a report about abuse 1) by feeling sorry for themselves that they have another mess on their hands; 2) by feeling sorry for the priest whose priesthood may be ruined;…
Since the revelations of widespread sexual abuse and its cover-up in the Catholic Church, the public is rightly interested in the record of bishops in dealing with sex abuse issues. A recent article in the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) tries to make the case that Cardinal Robert McElroy, newly appointed as archbishop to the highly influential Archdiocese…