Guest Blog from a parishioner in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia The Archbishop of Philadelphia has begun a challenging restructuring of the Archdiocese in response to the serious issues Catholics face today: only 17% of baptized Catholics are actively practicing their faith. We have very few priests to minister to that 17%, and our infrastructure is … Continue reading Missionary Discipleship and the Crisis of Reconciliation: A Call for Authentic Renewal in the Church
Author: Kathy Kane
Survivor Takes Center Stage – Church Hides Behind Curtain
A funny thing about the truth is that it requires very little. It doesn't need a team of attorneys and lobbyists. Communication specialists who gaslight the laity, or clergy who preach and do not practice. It doesn't need the hierarchy who dress as shepherds holding their staffs but for decades have led the laity to … Continue reading Survivor Takes Center Stage – Church Hides Behind Curtain
Press 1 to Be Ignored: Philly Archdiocese Leaves Victim’s Dad Waiting on Answers
Arthur and Elaine Baselice lost their beloved son, Arthur III, to a drug overdose in 2006. Their son was a student at Archbishop Ryan High School in the 1990's when the alleged sexual abuse by a priest began. The perpetrator, Rev. Charles Newman, introduced drugs and alcohol to young Arthur as part of the abuse … Continue reading Press 1 to Be Ignored: Philly Archdiocese Leaves Victim’s Dad Waiting on Answers
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia Scores A Victory In Court Against Clergy Abuse Victim
The 2005 Grand Jury Report investigating child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has several pages concerning the sexual depravity and alleged sexual abuse perpetrated by Fr Michael J McCarthy. The priest allegedly sexually abused students at Cardinal O'Hara High School in the 1970's. He was reported by fellow priests for having sexual graphic … Continue reading The Archdiocese of Philadelphia Scores A Victory In Court Against Clergy Abuse Victim
Archdiocese Still Uses Pervert To Recruit Seminarians
Fr David Buffum left active ministry in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in September 2023. Weeks ago, Catholics4Change provided the Archdiocese with disturbing information concerning a double life that Buffum seemed to lead using an altar- ego name online in the years 2020-2023 while in active ministry. We also provided the obscene and demented podcast series … Continue reading Archdiocese Still Uses Pervert To Recruit Seminarians
Philly Archdiocese Banking On Plausible Deniability
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia deployed damage control after a Catholics4Change post revealed a priest's perverse activity. They issued a two-paragraph response to parishioners of SS Peter and Paul in West Chester. The statement did not answer any questions about the very disturbed priest who had been assigned to their parish.
Father David Buffum Preaches Porn Online
D.M. Zultowski is an artist and internet author in the sexual horror genre. The real page-turner is the story behind his true identity. The parents at St. Katherine of Sienna, Philadelphia, and SS. Peter and Paul, West Chester, knew him as Father David Buffum.
No Trust, False Hope
By Kathy Kane The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will ask the 17% of church-going laity to become missionary disciples. They hope these disciples will help bring back the 83% of non-attending members. I think it would be helpful for the Archdiocese's newly employed marketing team to understand the reality they are facing. They named the initiative … Continue reading No Trust, False Hope
Church Abuse Failures Put All Ages At Risk
As a student at a Catholic college in the 1ate 1980's I wrote a paper for an English Comp class on the downfall of the televangelists. Many will remember that era as a time when one sexual scandal after another seemed to rock the televangelist world. Sexual assaults, "consensual" sex with congregants, hiring prostitutes, the … Continue reading Church Abuse Failures Put All Ages At Risk
McGoldrick Provides Case Study On Sins of the Present
Two years after her sexual assault in 2017, a student at Aquinas College in Nashville, TN, summons the courage to come forward. Susanna's* alleged perpetrator is Father Kevin McGoldrick, a former Archdiocese of Philadelphia priest with a questionable history. Her alleged assault coincides with ongoing apologies for "sins of the past" and claims of institutional … Continue reading McGoldrick Provides Case Study On Sins of the Present
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