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Sanchez is Gone But Questions Linger
The tenth Archbishop of Santa Fe, the Most Reverend Robert Fortune Sanchez, who resigned in disgrace for gross mishandling of clergy abuse among his priests while taking sexual advantage of a number of young women, has died. And so, we are led to believe, ends the crisis here. The crisis, maybe, but not the mystery. … More…
The Cult of Survivors
The Catholic Church has often been described as a cult by critics. In fact, most of the cult checklists out there seem directly targeted at Rome, even if aimed at Mormons, Scientologists, or Heaven’s Gate. But there is another group that exhibits many of the same disturbingly cult-like features of the Catholic Church, even … More…
Posted in Heretic's Pulpit, Priests of Darkness, Survivor Issues
Tagged catholic church, cover-up, crisis, cults, legal, snap, support, survivors
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From Victims to Laughingstocks
I stumbled across a brand-new website, that of the International Tribunal into Crimes of Church and State, no less, and could not believe my eyes. Can this possibly be for real? With such a name, they must be extremely, impressively serious. But on a closer look, this is either a sophisticated tongue-in-cheek joke, or there … More…
Posted in Pop Cult, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus, Survivor Issues, Weirdload
Tagged catholic church, crisis, legal, ratzinger, survivors, vatican
The Quest for the Master Key
I’m bumming today, having ended four long years of research tracking down a clue to the ultimate smoking gun, what I’d hoped would be the crown jewel of all my digging into the Church’s dark and hidden history. I’ve called this elusive Holy Grail, the “Master Key“. The idea that there could even be such … More…
Posted in Heretic's Pulpit, Holey Scriptures, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus, Weirdload
Tagged canon law, catholic church, confessional, cover-up, eugene iv, henry lea, history, inquisition, keys, legal, papacy, penance, prierias, ratzinger, sacraments, solicitation
The Return of Robert Sanchez
He’s back. They say criminals always return to the scene of the crime; bad pennies always show up again. So perhaps it was inevitable that the person of Robert Fortune Sanchez, the former Archbishop of Santa Fe disgraced by his own admitted abuse of at least five women along with gross negligence in his incompetent … More…
Posted in Black Collar Crime, Priests of Darkness, Roman Circus
Tagged catholic church, clergy sex abuse, crisis, franciscans, legal, new mexico, sanchez, santa fe, servants of the paraclete
Where’s Perrault?
The time has come at last. My book is published and available online. I am finally getting a few good reviews — including one I truly treasure from none other than Fr. Tom Doyle, one of the true experts in the field and a sterling advocate for clergy abuse victims. All that’s left now is … More…
Turning Victims into Accomplices
During the clergy sexual abuse crisis, the Roman Catholic Church was confronted with the one thing it dreads the most: scandals. Jesus himself had warned his followers that scandals involving children would inevitably come. It’s just really too bad the disciples only picked up on the part about how awful scandal was and not his … More…