UNITED STATES
Renew America
By Matt C. Abbott
Pope Francis will have his hands full, no doubt; the clergy abuse scandal still isn’t over.
Several cases have made the news in recent days.
Father Curtis Wehmeyer.
Father Robert Poandl.
Father William Paulish.
Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski.
Father Wojciech Gil.
Father Julio Cesar Grassi.
Bishop Gabino Miranda.
Father Louis Grandpre.
Father Robert Brennan.
On a related note, Billy Graham’s grandson is sounding the alarm about abuse among evangelicals.
According to a Sept. 26 story at Religion News Service:
The Christian mission field is a ‘magnet’ for sexual abusers, Boz Tchividjian, a Liberty University law professor who investigates abuse said Thursday (Sept. 26) to a room of journalists.
While comparing evangelicals to Catholics on abuse response, ‘I think we are worse,’ he said at the Religion Newswriters Association conference, saying too many evangelicals had ‘sacrificed the souls’ of young victims….
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