Archdiocese of Baltimore Archives

Irish abuse survivor disappointed with global reforms, accountability

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 22, 2019

Clergy sexual abuse survivor Marie Collins kicked off a five-city U.S. speaking tour on “The Catholic Tipping Point” in Baltimore Sept. 10, noting that she is disappointed with the results of the Vatican summit on child protection and efforts toward accountability and transparency.

Clericalism at heart of crisis, says survivor, but its ‘day coming to end’

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Sep 14, 2019

Vatican officials needed “a safeguarding policy” in place ages ago to prevent abuse and address it when it occurred, said Marie Collins, a clergy sexual abuse survivor from Ireland.

Catholic bishops join ecumenical letter on Trump’s tweets about Baltimore

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 31, 2019

Two Catholic bishops joined almost a dozen leaders of various Christian groups in Baltimore denouncing tweets by President Donald Trump, who in late July called Maryland’s 7th Congressional District a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” place where “no human being would want to live.”

Taking Way of Cross through streets shows support for migrants, refugees

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 26, 2019

The Stations of the Cross, modified for the migrant and refugee, began July 23 at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazon de Jesus in Baltimore’s Highlandtown neighborhood with a not-so-subtle lesson in welcoming the stranger.

Poverty, opioid crisis, need for healing among issues awaiting bishop

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jul 24, 2019

Bishop Mark E. Brennan, named by Pope Francis July 23 as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia, acknowledged that he will face difficulties in his new post.

West Virginia diocese to discuss ‘future leadership’

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jul 23, 2019

Pope Francis on Tuesday named Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Mark Brennan to lead the Wheeling-Charleston, West Virginia diocese following a scandal over the former bishop’s sexual harassment of adults and lavish spending of church money.