Showing posts with label Connecticut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Connecticut. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Supreme Court Opens Bridgeport Catholic Abuse Files: Putting Broken Hearts Back Together

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The U.S. Supreme Court this week turned down the appeal of the Connecticut Catholic diocese of Bridgeport to keep its clergy personnel file...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Burke Followed By Terry Followed by Scalia: Keeping Track of Current Right-Wing Catholic Attacks on Obama Administration

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And speaking of synchronicity, isn’t it interesting that Archbishop Burke has popped back across the Atlantic just at this particular time—r...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Archbishop Burke on Twin Evils of Gay Marriage and Abortion: The Lamb Continues to Be Only A Lion

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Archbishop Raymond Burke is back in the news—the American news. As I’ve noted before, the former archbishop of St. Louis was sent to Rome ...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Large Anonymous Gifts and Unrestricted Funds: Bishop Lori on Bridgeport Catholic Diocese's Battle to Keep Files Closed

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Isn't it interesting that, even when dioceses like the diocese of Portland, Maine, are closing churches due to lack of funds, they can s...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Catholics, Mormons, and Money: Churches and Pastoral Priorities

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In my posting yesterday about Californians Against Hate’s charge that the Catholic diocese of Portland, Maine, is engaging in money-launderi...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Homophobia and Churches' Dark Secrets: Making the Connections

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An update to a story about which I last blogged at the end of May—the attempt of the Catholic diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, to keep f...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Commentary in Light of Holocaust Shooting: Chip Berlet on Our Responsibility to Address Roots of Violence, Gabriel Voiles on Hal Turner Case

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In the wake of today's shooting at the Holocaust Museum, Talk2Action has just put up some articles that provide significant information ...
Saturday, June 6, 2009

End-of-Week News Wrap-Up: Mainstream Media's Tilt to Right, Another Arrest Following Homphobic Frenzy Whipped Up by Bishop William Lori

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An end-of-week wrap-up posting that ties together recent events and commentary with previous postings on this blog . . . . In a posting earl...
Friday, May 29, 2009

The Seamy Bridgeport Diocese Story: A Time to Reconsider Homophobic Strategies of Diversion

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I blogged a number of times (e.g., here and here and here and here ) in March about what I saw as the attempt of Bishop William J. Lori o...
Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Update on Connecticut Story: Timothy Kane Arraigned for Anti-Gay Threats

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An update on the story about Timothy J. Kane, a math teacher in a New Britain, Connecticut, middle school who was arrested after sending a t...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

The Curious Misplacing of Priests and Deacons: A Connectict Case

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Funny thing about that story out of Connecticut which I noted yesterday. As my posting says, on Wednesday, Connecticut police announced tha...
Friday, March 20, 2009

Bishops Say, People Do: Arrest of Hate Emailer in Connecticut

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My recent open letter to the U.S. Catholic bishops links anti-gay statements made lately by Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, Connecticut,...
Friday, March 13, 2009

Open Season on Gays, Catholic Bishops Leading the Way: The Connecticut Debacle

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In his marvelous new book Sex As God Intended that I plan to review for this blog and other publications, theologian John J. McNeill states,...