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by Joshua J. McElwee

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From NCR on the unfolding atmosphere of crisis:

Peter Feuerherd speaks to a former priest of now former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's Newark archdiocese: Seminary under McCarrick rife with secrecy, fear, ex-priest recalls

A special commentary from Basilian Fr. Thomas Rosica: We can only move forward when we name the evil of clericalism

Brian Roewe reports: Bishop Morlino, others charge 'homosexual subculture' for clergy abuse crisis

Michael Sean Winters: Critics wield grand jury report to advance anti-gay, anti-Francis agenda

From NCR on a New Ways Ministry retreat in Milwaukee:

James Dearie reports: Milwaukee Archdiocese questions legitimacy of retreat for 'gay priests, brothers, and deacons'

Fordham theologian Fr. Bryan Massingale, the leader of the retreat responds: A response to concerns about a retreat for gay priests, brothers and deacons

From elsewhere:

CNS reports: Cardinal Wuerl's name removed from Pittsburgh diocesan high school

From WAMU, DC's NPR station: Trinity University President Pat McGuire Says Wuerl’s Resignation Would Be Step Toward Healing

The Washington Post examines the history of laypeople's struggle for power in the US church: The real reason the Catholic Church remains plagued by abuse scandals

From the New Yorker's James Carroll: After Pennsylvania, What Pope Francis should say in Ireland        

Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole: It's too late. Not even Pope Francis can resurrect Catholic Ireland

[Joshua J. McElwee is NCR Vatican correspondent. His email address is jmcelwee@ncronline.org. Follow him on Twitter: @joshjmac.]

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