In this TMP commentary, Susan E. Gallagher talks about her #MeToo
moment with the Catholic Church, and how accused cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s current situation mirrors what happened to her abuser. 1/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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McCarrick was then ordered “to remain in a house yet to be indicated to him, for a life of prayer and penance,” pending a canonical trial. 3/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Having been victimized by a priest who was similarly sentenced to what lay people may view as house arrest, Gallagher says that the pope’s directive conformed to canon law, but not civil justice. 4/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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When Gallagher reported Rev. Frank Nugent—who abused her and her brothers—to the Catholic Church in the 1990s, she says they were already aware of his behavior. 5/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Nugent worked at seminaries, high schools, retreat houses and youth camps from the 1960s until he was removed from public ministry in 2002. He, like McCarrick, was also eventually forced into a kind of house arrest sanctioned by the Catholic Church. 6/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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In McCarrick’s case, a NYC pastor wrote to Cardinal Sean O’Malley—the head of the Archdiocese of Boston and an advisor to the Pope on sexual abuse policy—about McCarrick’s misbehavior in 2015. 7/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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O’Malley’s office declined to act on those accusations against McCarrick, excusing itself on the grounds that such matters were beyond its purview. 8/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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In her commentary, Gallagher draws parallels between the Catholic Church’s inaction about McCarrick’s abuse and her own frustrating experiences attempting to seek justice from the church. 9/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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“It’s helpful to remember that police, judges, politicians and journalists obeyed the Church’s code of silence for decades,” Gallagher writes. 10/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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“The question Church leaders still ask when confronted with stories of sexual misconduct is less, ‘What happened?’ or ‘Who was harmed?’ but, ‘Can this threat to the Church be contained?’ ” 11/https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Read more in Susan E. Gallagher’s commentary about her
#CatholicMeToo moment and whether church-imposed penance is an adequate substitute for civil court. 12/12https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/08/14/medium-security-monastery-mccarrick-house-arrest-skirts-civil-justice-system?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …Show this thread
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