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Sanchez is Gone But Questions Linger

Home at last

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…

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What’s wrong with this picture?

Hometown news

What’s wrong with this picture? I’ve neglected this blog a lot. Believe it or not, I’ve wanted to turn my attention to topics other than clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church. As a gnostic, heretic, and long time sci-fi fan, the religious implications of UFOs, what the Church knows about Roswell, and even the … More…

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“I’m shocked, shocked” says the Pope…

Shocked! Shocked!

I had a rather peculiar feeling when reading how shocked and dismayed Pope Benedict XVI said he was over the report on Irish abuse.  I was reminded in fact of a scene from the classic film Casablanca (1942). You know the one — the refugees in the bar beat the Germans in the “Battle of … More…

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Now What?

Wakey, wakey!

“Venit, vidit, vicit,” is how I think it would be in my lousy Latin. “He came, he saw, he conquered.” That would be Pope Benedict all right. I have to say his performance during his US trip was masterful. Though lacking the charisma of his predecessor, he made up for it with a certain folksy … More…

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Mayday for a Ship of Fools

Slowly sinking...

Welcome to my new weblog. This site is for all those unhappy and puzzled Roman Catholics who wonder what went wrong with their church. I may have some small insight into that to share. Like many abuse survivors and would-be reformers, I have witnessed the institutional Church lie, deny, obfuscate, and squirm, trying to protect … More…

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