In Spirit and Truth Reading Roundup: (Most of) March 2023 Edition

Happy spring everyone! It’s been a very busy week for me with Awake, so I’m behind on my reading. But wow, there has been a lot of important news recently, on Vos Estis and Fr. Hans Zollner’s resignation and the seal of confession.

So, I decided to get this reading roundup out to you today with most of the news from March, and I’ll send a special edition next week with more, after I catch up a bit.

As always, if you only have time to read a few articles this month, I recommend you start with those in bold below.

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On Pope Francis and the Vatican

• Letter from BishopAccountability To Pope Francis on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of His Pontificate

• Pope Francis has done many great things. But on sex abuse, he hasn’t done enough.

• BishopAccountability’s List of Bishops Investigated under Vos Estis Lux Mundi

• 'Sorry' is not enough: Abuse victims need answers, support, pope says

• I'm an abuse survivor. Pope Francis met with me and changed my life.

Other International News

• France: Prosecutors close Cardinal Ricard case, Vatican probe continues

• France: French church abuse victims get reparations, and recognition

• Ireland: Irish bishops ‘welcome’ government inquiry in abuse at schools run by religious orders

• Italy: Rupnik concelebration raises questions on restrictions

• Poland: Polish bishops defend St. John Paul II, form independent commission to investigate 'full picture' of archives

• Portugal: ‘They ruined it all’: What went wrong with the Portuguese abuse commission

• Spain: Spain’s ombudsman registers 445 church sex abuse complaints

US News

• California: Quiet Arrest of Cathedral Employee has SNAP Calling for Outreach

• California: Citing abuse lawsuits, Santa Rosa diocese files for bankruptcy

• California: Diocese of Sacramento considers bankruptcy due to abuse lawsuits

• Maryland: Judge orders release of redacted report on child sex abuse in Baltimore Archdiocese

• Maryland: Maryland Senate passes law repealing statute of limitations on abuse lawsuits

• Massachusetts: Ex-cardinal McCarrick tell court he’s incompetent for trial + McCarrick admits knowing victim as a child, denies sexual assaults

• Michigan: Priest sentenced to prison for 2004 sexual abuse of second-grader

• Minnesota: 'Healed by the Eucharist' - Minnesota ministry aims to bring communion to survivors

• New Mexico: Albuquerque priest cleared in 2019 church abuse case

• New Mexico: Santa Fe archbishop ‘ashamed’ of abuse by Catholic clergy

• New York: NY deacon gets 16 years for 'enticing' minors via Grindr

• New York: Albany Diocese files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

• Washington: Bill to make clergy mandatory child abuse reporters advances

From Awake Milwaukee

• In Discussion Led by Survivors, Vatican Advisor Hans Zollner, SJ, Weighs in on Abuse in the Church

• 6 Things Never to Say About Survivors of Clergy Abuse

• Survivor Story: Jennifer LaVoy

Going Deeper

• The Church Will Always Have My Heart, But It Can No Longer Have My Money

• Blowing the whistle cost them their careers but Bishop Malone’s top aides have no regrets

• Predators Don’t FALL for Their Victims or FALL From Grace, They Abuse

• I believe the women

• Diocesan bankruptcies reveal tension between civil, canon law over assets

• Short Survivor Story Videos -Kurt Rupprecht, Frank Schindler, Donna Vondenbosch

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~ Sara