Category: Sex Abuse

CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH & VIDEO: “Pope Francis Accepts Resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Appoints Him Interim DC leader” – CNA

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[scroll down for video] “Pope Francis accepted the resignation of … Cardinal Donald Wuerl on Friday … asking [him] to continue … on an interim basis until a permanent successor is appointed. Wuerl, 77, originally submitted his resignation … when he turned 75 …. The pope … received a Sept. 21 request from Wuerl that his resignation be accepted. …

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CATHOLIC NEWSWATCH: “New sexual abuse allegations leveled against Cardinal McCarrick” – CNA

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“… [It was]  reported July 19 … [that a Virginia man] alleg[es in a police report that] … [now-Cardinal Theodore] McCarrick began sexually abusing him in 1969, when the priest was 39[, a friend of the family,] and the man, “James,” … was 11 …. [A month earlier,] the Archdiocese of New York announced … an investigation into a different

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda

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“St. Charles and many other martyrs for the faith died between November 15, 1885 – January 27, 1887 in Namugongo, Uganda. St. Charles and his companions were beatified in 1920 and canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964. …

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