With Sodano’s passing, the Vatican’s old guard is down but hardly out
For critics, Cardinal Angelo Sodano was almost the living embodiment of why the old guard’s grip on power ought to be broken.
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by bcadmin | May 29, 2022 | Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, Chile, clerical sexual abuse, Father Marcial Maciel, lead, News, News Analysis, Obituary, Secretariat of State | 0 |
For critics, Cardinal Angelo Sodano was almost the living embodiment of why the old guard’s grip on power ought to be broken.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 23, 2022 | abuse payouts, Abuse survivors, Associated Press, clerical sexual abuse, Father Marcial Maciel, lead, Legion of Christ, Legionaries of Christ, News, Vatican | 0 |
Three of Father Marcial Maciel’s victims are still seeking reparations from the Legion to compensate for the abuse they suffered and the “moral” harm done to their reputations by the order.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 14, 2021 | Aid to the Church in Need, Enzo Bianchi, Father Marcial Maciel, Father Werenfried van Straaten, Jean Vanier, L'Arche, lead, Legion of Christ, Luis Fernando Figari, new movements, News, News Analysis | 0 |
Most observers of new movements in the Catholic Church would say they tend to share a number of characteristics, one of which is a strong cult of personality around the founder that tends to insulate such figures from suspicion and creates a series of disincentives for bringing forth accusations or complaints.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 16, 2020 | clerical sexual abuse, Father Marcial Maciel, lead, Monsignor Slawomir Oder, News, Sainthood cause, St. John Paul II, Theodore McCarrick, Vatican | 0 |
The official responsible for Pope John Paul II’s sainthood cause says charges of cover-up for abuser clergy were investigated and “no evidence” was found.
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