From NCR on the unfolding atmosphere of crisis:
Peter Feuerherd speaks to a former priest of now former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's Newark archdiocese: Seminary under McCarrick rife with secrecy, fear, ex-priest recalls
A special commentary from Basilian Fr. Thomas Rosica: We can only move forward when we name the evil of clericalism
Brian Roewe reports: Bishop Morlino, others charge 'homosexual subculture' for clergy abuse crisis
Michael Sean Winters: Critics wield grand jury report to advance anti-gay, anti-Francis agenda
From NCR on a New Ways Ministry retreat in Milwaukee:
James Dearie reports: Milwaukee Archdiocese questions legitimacy of retreat for 'gay priests, brothers, and deacons'
Fordham theologian Fr. Bryan Massingale, the leader of the retreat responds: A response to concerns about a retreat for gay priests, brothers and deacons
From elsewhere:
CNS reports: Cardinal Wuerl's name removed from Pittsburgh diocesan high school
From WAMU, DC's NPR station: Trinity University President Pat McGuire Says Wuerl’s Resignation Would Be Step Toward Healing
The Washington Post examines the history of laypeople's struggle for power in the US church: The real reason the Catholic Church remains plagued by abuse scandals
From the New Yorker's James Carroll: After Pennsylvania, What Pope Francis should say in Ireland
Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole: It's too late. Not even Pope Francis can resurrect Catholic Ireland
[Joshua J. McElwee is NCR Vatican correspondent. His email address is jmcelwee@ncronline.org. Follow him on Twitter: @joshjmac.]
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