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October 2024

#ChurchAdultsToo: Two Catholic journalists discuss the challenges of advocating for "legal" victims of priest sexual misconduct
Sara Scarlett Willson and I are among the very few Catholic journalists who are sounding the alarm about the church hierarchy’s leniency toward priests…
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Diocese of Raleigh returns priest to ministry after suspension for violating "vows of priestly chastity"
Fr. Steven Costello's parish reminds flock that priests are "tempted to sin"
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Audio: My phone call to the priest who abused me as a young man
The day after I posted my Sep.
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September 2024

My advocacy origin story: Fr. Jeff Finley's abuse and church officials' disrespect toward adult victims of priest sexual misconduct
Author’s note: This article describes sexually inappropriate actions by a priest toward a young adult.
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An Eastern Catholic woman shares her experiences of Fr. Lewis Rabayda's alleged spiritual abuse
A laywoman says that her priest habitually violated professional boundaries and that church officials have not held him accountable.
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August 2024

Fr. Aaron Kuhn's suspension and the Catholic hierarchy's inept "rest and reassign" approach to priest sexual misconduct with adults
Imagine a large bank receives an allegation that one of their branch managers engaged in sexual misconduct.
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Suspended priest Fr. Heriberto Mercado now "retired" after Diocese of Lubbock sexual misconduct investigation
Diocese says Mercado is "without faculties to function as a priest"
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May 2024

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