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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a long Catholic with 3 children in Catholic school and I am beyond disturbed by this recent news especially the further details in the American Conservative article.  The Church hierarchy continues to violate my trust and turn their back on the faithful.  How am I to trust the church and confess my sins to priests many of whom are sinfully evil themselves?  The entire Archdiocese of Washington must clean house.  It stands to reason that many in the Church hierarchy in DC must have known about McCarrick.  Anyone who  had knowledge of his situation committed a sin of commission and has to be removed from the ministry.  I fear that Cardinal Weurl must have known about this.  My favorite former parish priest is of his generation and now holds a considerable position of influence in the Church.  It literally brings me to tears and shakes my faith to think that he probably knew of this.  My husband and I are considering drafting a letter to our parish priest and copying Cardinal Weurl stating that we are suspending any further financial contributions to the Church until this situation is further investigated and all those who had knowledge removed from service I have steadfast faith in Jesus my Lord and Savior, but not in the sinful institution that the Catholic Church has become.  [/quote]

I understand your point of view.  I, too, have a child at a Catholic school and I am so glad that she is there.  I like the idea of holding the Church responsible for financial transparency.  For instance, how were the settlements in New Jersey paid for?  I think that I read somewhere that a loan took care of it, but if that is the case, who pays for the loan?  Did McCarrick have to sell his beach house?  How on earth did he become Cardinal/archbishop of Washington with this reputation?  It's truly sick.

My guess is that a small percentage of diocesan funds go towards scandals like this, but it is sickening, of course.  None of us want to be naive, but I'm not going to throw away my faith.  I do want to hold the Church hierarchy accountable. [/quote]

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