There’s a big issue with the Maryland attorney general’s report about abusive priests in the Catholic church: the Baltimore circuit court has ordered the redactions of some names, including ten alleged offenders and Catholic officials who may have covered up crimes. And while the Catholic church has assured the public
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The office of the presiding bishop: An abject failure of leadership
The office of Presiding Bishop and Todd Ousley form one of the great failures of leadership in the Episcopal church.
Continue readingAnglican Watch calls for Episcopal church to repent of its role in abuse
The following goes live on the Religion News Service newswire at 2:00 PM eastern, January 23, 2023. Anglican Watch, the online watchdog for the Episcopal Church, and the Episcopal Survivors Network, an advocacy group for victims of abuse, today joined in calling for the Episcopal Church to repent of its role in ignoring
Continue readingCan we love god and not our neighbor?
I remember the day well. It was ninth grade. I was leaving campus, turned a hallway corner, and saw a group of guys bullying a friend, Mark. (Not his real name.) He was pinned against the wall and being punched in the face and stomach. Mark was quiet, sweet, intelligent,
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