Priest: The Catholic Church Silenced Me for Criticizing Its Handling of Abuse

RICHMOND (VA)
Friendly Atheist (blog)

September 1, 2020

By Hemant Mehta

For years now, there have been stories about ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, defrocked in 2019 for sexually abusing boys under his care. One of the biggest critics of the Catholic Church’s handling of allegations against McCarrick — and other leaders accused of sexual abuse — was Rev. Mark White (below), a priest based in Virginia, whose blog included a number of entries denouncing what he was seeing.

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