sex abuse scandals
Catholic Values Column: Life after the darkness
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST If you’re like me, you probably can’t get away from the recent sex abuse scandals plaguing our Church. And, quite frankly, it sucks. When I learned of the accusations in June against then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, my heart broke. The Pennsylvania grand jury report from August that […]
Franciscan University responds to Church’s sex abuse scandal
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Franciscan University of Steubenville is doing what it can to best respond to the latest clergy sex abuse scandal, said the university’s president in an email. The Rev. Sean Sheridan, TOR, said in a Sept. 14 email that he and the university are taking concrete steps to address the sex […]