Here’s Bethany Mandel on the new grand jury report on alleged abuses covered up by the Romany Catholic Church of Pennsylvania:
This grand jury document from the PA Catholic Church abuse case is soul-crushing. I grew up somewhat affiliated with the Church and I cannot fathom how painful this is for Catholics. These stories are maddening and just… moved to tears a few times.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 15, 2018
I am saying a very sincere prayer for my Catholic friends and family tonight. This is such a spiritually and emotionally awful time, and I'm so very sorry so many in Church leadership have subjected you to this pain.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 15, 2018
I'm writing @Ricochet a cliff-notes version of this (1300 pages). Just an idea of how bad this is:
Yet another priest finally decided to quit after years of child abuse complaints, but asked for, and received, a letter of reference for his next job – at Walt Disney World.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 15, 2018
I'm honestly glad my mother did not live to see this day. This is worse than Boston. This would have destroyed her faith.
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 15, 2018
Here’s Bethany’s write-up:
This PA Catholic abuse grand jury report is massive and chilling, and I quite honestly don't understand how everyone isn't talking about this right now.
https://t.co/OAwNMEVHlM— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) August 15, 2018
And here’s pro-life actress Patricia Heaton:
The PA report is disgusting and stomach-churning. And mentioned more than 200 times is @Cardinal_Wuerl , who currently resides in his luxury DC penthouse. He is @Pontifex 's man in Washington, and only @Pontifex can get rid of him. Get to work, Francis. https://t.co/z6rWhAmy3e
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) August 15, 2018
And let's not forget – this is just ONE state. Tip of the iceberg. Which means there are thousands of more victims, and hundreds of more priests, bishops and cardinals complicit in rape and sexual assault. #CatholicChurch
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) August 15, 2018
In a CBS report, @Cardinal_Wuerl refers to the sexual abuse of children as priests’ “failures.“ Failures?! Are you kidding me?! They are sex crimes! Zero repentance from this horrific man. #WuerlMustGo @Pontifex
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) August 15, 2018
Now, the Vatican isn’t commenting at this time:
Vatican press office said this morning that they have no comment on the grand jury report, and would not even say if Vatican officials have read it.
— Daniel Burke (@BurkeCNN) August 15, 2018
But some individual priests are:
This priest says it all. Read the whole thread. https://t.co/VglIMsdn7Q
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) August 15, 2018
Thread ==>
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493068129611781
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493070843338752
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493072537821184
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493074316218369
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493075935158272
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493077445095424
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493079068356608
https://twitter.com/PDeVous/status/1029493080863526912
Unfortunately, it’s going to get a lot worse.
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