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A wake for Fr. Tim will be held at Gearty Delmore Funeral Chapel in Plymouth Minnesota on Thursday June 25, 2009. His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m on June 26, 2009, at St. Paul Cathedral in St. Paul, MN. For [...] Read Full Story
Father Gordon MacRae writes to Priests in Crisis readers on the occasion of the Year for Priests and the Feast of the Sacred Heart. . . . Read Full Story
. . . What sets "Priests in Crisis" and its readers and contributors apart is the heroic spirit of fidelity to the Church and Magisterium inherent in your words and work. . . . Read Full Story
. . . Paul Vitello has a news story in today’s New York Times reporting on the decision by New York State Assemblywoman Margaret Markey to amend her bill on the sexual abuse of children. Her previous bill only covered private institutions like the Catholic Church, leaving in place protections afforded public institutions. . . . Read Full Story
"We got a new law passed in California that opens up the statute of limitations for all victims of sexual abuse. It's something we've been trying to do in several states for years. And I'm not waiting for it to click in. I'm suing the shit out of [the Catholic Church] everywhere: in Sacramento, in Santa Clara, in Santa Rosa, in San Francisco, in Oakland, in L.A., and everyplace else.
Jeffrey Anderson, plaintiffs' attorney
April 2003 interview" Read Full Story
Father was kind enough to send me this note written for you. Some of us wanted a closer look into his troubling situation that threatens many priests in this current climate of hysteria. . . . Read Full Story
. . . No priest that we are aware of has been more unfairly tried and convicted than Father Gordon MacRae. Just as those who are guilty of sexual molestation shake the conscience of ordinary Americans, those who are unfairly accused should merit the same response. Sadly, this is not the case, and it is certainly not true in Father MacRae’s case. . . . Read Full Story
. . . Before the Murphys' $850,000 demand was paid, however, Sean, his mother, and Byron Worth were indicted by a Massachusetts grand jury for conspiracy, attempted larceny, and soliciting others to commit larceny. It turned out that Sean and Byron were once inmates together at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute at Shirley where they concocted their fraudulent plan to score a windfall from their beleaguered Church. Read Full Story
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus addressed the case of Fr. Gordon MacRae who many believe was discarded during the clerical abuse scandal hysteria. Read Full Story
