Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Archives

After Papal Comment, Renewed Debate on Whether a “Gay Lobby” Exists in the Clergy

December 18, 2018/6 Comments/in Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Pope Francis /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis' recent comment about gay priests has reinvigorated the back and forth about whether gay men should be ordained and what role such priests may or may not have played in the Church's sexual misconduct scandal. Read More

Is There a Correlation Between Closeted Clerics and Sex Abuse Scandals?

August 9, 2018/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Theology & Church Teaching /by Lizzie Sextro

In the aftermath of the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick following multiple accusations of sexual abuse, Robert Mickens, a veteran Vatican and church observer, reflected upon the connection between closeted gay priests and clerical abuse of power. Read More