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The First Scandal
An Author’s Book Suggestion by: Robert Hagedorn The following is an email exchange between Robert Hagedorn and John Tyrrell, lightly edited, primarily to remove an… -
Cooper’s “Scandal of Scientology”
from Reverend Fouad If you have the time, take a look at the following online book; it’s really the stuff nightmares are made of: The… -
Christopher Hitchens on Cardinal Law
On 16 December 2002, writing in Slate about the resignation of Cardinal Law of Boston who was responsible for aggressively covering up and denying child… -
More Shame, More Scandal; Still No Policy
by: JT Due to taking more time than I expected in preparing a reply to Pastor Dempsey on earthquake statistics, I did not have time… -
Gibberish
by: In a discussion of the Ted Haggard scandal on a newspaper website,[1] one person wrote:[2] As the world continues on its downward spiral, the… -
A Papal Apology
by: JT Over the past several weeks, it seems not a day goes by without a news item containing new revelations about the child abuse… -
Where’s the accountability?
I laughed yesterday when I read that two Catholic priests were being charged with grand larceny for skimming the collection plate in their Florida parish… -
The Pope Visits Germany
by: JT An estimated 181,000 Germans left the Roman Catholic Church last year; many of them attributed their renunciation of the faith to the abuse… -
The Never-Ending Scandal Continues
by: JT As was noted in the previous discussion, the latest report on the cover-up of abuse of children by Catholic priests in Ireland found… -
Pope finally says something about Irish abuse.
by: JT Finally the Pope has actually spoken out on the Irish abuse scandal. At a meeting in Rome this week with all twenty-four Catholic…