Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: Dr. Fitzgibbon Writes, “Homosexual Abuse of Adolescent Males Is at the Heart of the Crisis”

UNITED STATES
Bilgrimage

William D. Lindsey

Several days ago, Dr. Rick Fitzgibbon logged into an article by John Allen at National Catholic Reporter about the Vatican abuse summit to write the following:

Contrary to Bemi’s and Neal’s opinion, the data in the John Jay reports strongly suggest that homosexual abuse of adolescent males is at the heart of the crisis.

Michael Bemi and Pat Neal are two American experts from the “Protecting God’s Children” leadership team who addressed those gathered at the Rome summit to discuss the abuse situation in the Catholic church.

And Dr. Rick Fitzgibbon? Why, this gentleman happens to be the psychological expert whom Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph brought in to advise Finn about Father Shawn Ratigan.

Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.