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Lavender Mafia Files

A Machiavellian on the Throne of Peter?

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

September 2024

Francis’s soundbite approach to theology has been a disaster for the Church. But worse have been the machinations from which the dissembling serves to distract us.

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Dispatch from the Dead Letter Office

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

May 2021

The McCarrick report is a historical accounting that doesn’t hold anyone accountable, and it will have no practical consequences.

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Spendthrift Shepherds & Pervert Priests: Where Are They Now?

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

June 2020

Here we follow-up on some disgraced prelates and their inner circles who did the dirty work of covering fraudulent, criminal behavior.

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Million-Dollar Bishops

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

March 2020

It’s no coincidence that financial corruption walks hand in hand with sexual immorality. Where you find one, you’ll often find the other.

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Father Figuring

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

July-August 2019

The Catholic Church's sex-abuse problem is caused by predators who wear clerical collars and who are protected by a clericalist culture.

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An Outcast Among Organization Men

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

December 2018

Few are the churchmen who are willing to speak publicly about the root cause of the sex-abuse crisis: the scourge of homosexuality in the priesthood.

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Ecce Papa Franciscus!

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

November 2018

The Pope has convened a summit for February with the presidents of all bishops’ conferences to discuss "protection of minors."

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Dante’s Divine Comedy & the Viganò Testimony

GUEST COLUMN

Joshua Hren

November 2018

Then as now, opinion makers try to reduce those who testify against Church corruption to resentful reactionaries working out their revenge.

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At Last, a Reckoning?

NEW OXFORD NOTEBOOK

Pieter Vree

October 2018

Archbishop Viganò has cracked open the Vatican cone of silence and exposed what might be a Church-wide cover-up of McCarrick’s crimes.

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Uncle Ted McCarrick: Queen Pin of the Lavender Mafia
September 2018

Many, many priests and bishops knew Theodore McCarrick was a serial molester and yet, somehow, McCarrick got the ultimate appointment to the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., and was elevated to the rank of cardinal.

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Archbishop Niederauer's Eucharistic Moment
December 2007

What happens when the Archbishop of San Francisco comes face-to-face with costumed blasphemers? He gives them Communion.

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An Update on Fr. Timothy Radcliffe
December 2006

The former Dominican Master General says Catholics need to stretch their minds by reading gay novels, having gay friends and listening to them.

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Is the Catholic Church Going the Way of the Episcopal Church?

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

June 2006

Neuhaus calls on Benedict to issue a "discernable and decisive response" to the document on homosexuals in the seminaries. There is little likelihood of that.

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Smooth as Silk
March 2006

Why have we seen so little reference in the mainstream media to the role of homosexual culture played in the clergy sex abuse scandal.

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Homosexuals in the Seminary

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

February 2006

Fr. Thomas Reese, S.J., the former editor of America magazine, said that "with the shortage of priests, the church can hardly afford to dismiss gay seminarians."

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A Case Study in the Theology of Apology
September 2005

As for apologies to homosexuals, the saga of San Diego Bishop Robert Brom could be instructive.

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Cincinnati's West-Side Story

WRESTLER PRIESTS AND LAPDOG EDITORS

Michael S. Rose

June 2005

Elder's reputation was tarnished by the revelation that five priests who formerly taught at the high school were suspended for substantiated allegations of sex abuse.

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Protecting the Lavender Mafia?

GUEST COLUMN

Ken Skuba

April 2005

Our diocesan-sponsored training course on sexual abuse misses the mark by diverting attention away from the root cause of the clergy sex abuse scandal.

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Killing the Messenger

THE CASE OF FR. JAMES HALEY

Michael S. Rose

March 2005

Ever since Haley's testimony in the legal deposition was made public and reported in the media, the bishop went on an offensive to demonize the whistleblower priest.

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Claims of Fraud, Conspiracy & Obstruction of Justice

ARE CERTAIN AMERICAN BISHOPS RACKETEERS?

Michael S. Rose

January 2005

A former seminarian's investigation revealed a pattern of deception in the dioceses of Boston, L.A., St. Louis, Minneapolis, Chicago, Manchester, and Portland.

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Why Won't Our Bishops Solve the "Gay" Priest Problem?
July/August 2004

Uh, well... maybe because they're part of the problem

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How Many of Our Priests Are Leading Secret Lives?
January 2004

Some Catholics believe in universal salvation because they refuse to give up their sins.

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The Face of "Gay" Clericalism
September 2003

A gang of 26 priests in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese demand gay-friendly seminarians.

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From "Rembert the Reconciler" To "Rembert the Unperson"?
September 2002

Archbishop Weakland empties Church coffers for his...uh, young male lover.

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"Gay" Priests Set the Tone
February 2001

Fr. Paul Shaughnessy blows the lid off the homosexualist subculture in the priesthood.

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