Activist Sr. Maureen Turlish Dies
You’re a bold and brazen article. Back in the day, an Irish nun might shame a defiant student with this derogatory phrase. Today, I honor a nun with it. Sister Maureen Paul Turlish was a bold and...
View ArticleLeading Clergy Child Sex Abuse Researcher Richard Sipe Dies
A.W. Richard Sipe, who passed away last week, has left an important legacy for those who work to understand and prevent clergy child sex abuse. The former priest turned psychotherapist was a leading...
View ArticleBreaking News: PA Grand Jury Report Reveals 1000 Child Victims
Adult men disguised as God force their penises into 1,000 defenseless children – ripping apart their skin, souls and minds. Then, other adult men, also disguised as God and in positions of authority,...
View ArticleArchdiocesan Web Banner Refuses Truth
Archbishop Chaput’s response to the PA Grand Jury Report is topped off by a website banner that refuses to acknowledge the truth. It neglects to say the Archdiocese isn’t in the latest Grand Jury...
View ArticleWho Will the Catholic Church Drive Out?
Please listen to the homily that begins at the 1:43 minute mark. This homily was delivered a week prior to the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report by the pastor of the parish where I would...
View ArticleIndoctrination: Former Seminarian Alleges Superiors Ignored Sexual Harassment
According to recent allegations of a former St. Charles of Borromeo seminarian, his superiors failed to respond to complaints of sexual harassment and ignored the “toxic” environment. “Philadelphia...
View ArticlePetition Requests Leadership Resignations
The statement and petition: “Statement of Catholic Theologians, Educators, Parishioners & Lay Leaders on Clergy Sexual Abuse in the United States” Excerpt: “Today, we call on the Catholic Bishops...
View ArticleClaims that Vatican and Pope Knew of Clergy Abuse Cover Up Emerge
“The Vatican knew of a cover-up involving abusive priests, Pennsylvania AG says,” by Holly Yan, CNN, August 28, 2018 “Pope Francis Long Knew of Cardinal’s Abuse and Must Resign, Archbishop says,” by...
View ArticleSurvivors No Longer Walking Thin Line
In the wake of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report on clergy child sex abuse, 900 survivors have called a hotline launched by the attorney general’s office. PA Clergy Abuse Hotline: 888-538-8541 For...
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Bishops’ Victim Compensation Plan Ignores Greater Good
by Susan Matthews Last week, Pennsylvania bishops issued a joint statement outlining a myopic and self-serving plan for compensating past victims of clergy child sex abuse. Read the statement here. In...
View ArticlePA Senators Vote This Week: Tell Them Window Protects Kids
Dear Senators Scarnati, Corman and Costa, As a kid, you might have been told you had a guardian angel who watched over and protected you? We were. It was fascinating to think there was an invisible...
View ArticleCatholics4Change Moderates Survivor Options Webinar Monday
The day began with the Pennsylvania Senate pushing a vote on a civil Statute of Limitations window into the next term, but it ends with a sweeping Federal investigation of the Pennsylvania Catholic...
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Catholics4Change Steps It Up
Kathy and I never imagined we’d still be publishing Catholics4Change eight years after its inception in 2011. But here we are at the close of 2018 with more at stake than ever before. With the world...
View ArticleDear Pennsylvania Senators…
By Carol Galante Dear Pennsylvania Senators: I am writing to ask that you vote for Senate Bill 261. I want to be clear that I do not hate the church but I hate the behavior of those in charge. I have...
View ArticleWho Will the Catholic Church Drive Out?
Please listen to the homily that begins at the 1:43 minute mark. This homily was delivered a week prior to the release of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report by the pastor of the parish where I would...
View ArticleWith These Shepherds, Whose Afraid of Wolves?
by Susan Matthews Pope Francis directed U.S. bishops to postpone decisions regarding clergy child sex abuse accountability as they gathered in Baltimore for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops....
View ArticleU.S. Bishops: Not Shaken, Nor Stirred
By Kathy Kane It had been a long day of travel, prayer and protest for the Mom Squad from the Philadelphia Archdiocese. A stroke of good luck had enabled us to book the very last room available at the...
View ArticleLive Webinar: Wednesday 12/5/18 at 7pm – The Survivors’ Compensation Fund:...
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR DATE: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 TIME: 7pm to 8pm Eastern Standard Time SPEAKERS: Susan Matthews, Catholics4Change; and Brian Kent, Esq., an attorney...
View ArticleOur Christmas Wish For You
With decades of clergy child sex abuse coverups, the Catholic hierarchy has given plenty of reasons to curse the darkness. But you have all chosen to light a candle. The bright glow of truth has...
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