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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“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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