The Pope is worried that AI will concentrate wealth? What about the billions of dollars of stolen artwork and artifacts in the Vatican? The Catholic Church is one of the wealthiest corporations on the planet. What a pig to point at others while his own bed is soiled with robbery, pedophilia, and murder Clean up the Catholic Church before you accuse others of the same crimes that you commit. What a disgusting, hypocritical swine! His hands are stained with the blood of millions of children. The Antichrist already walks in the Vatican.
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Showing posts with label Cardinal. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026
Influential U.S. cardinals caution against Iran war, Trump immigration policies
These swine sit on billions of dollars of looted treasure in the Vatican, enough to feed the world, yet they lecture us instead of helping the poor that they pretend to champion. The Catholic Church protects its pedophiles while lying about "God's love."
Thursday, October 9, 2025
4 years into faith leader investigation, Wisconsin DOJ has received over 300 reports
From JSOnline:
Laura Schulte
Laura Schulte
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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MADISON - Four years after the launch of an investigation to look at the breadth of abuse by faith leaders in Wisconsin, Attorney General Josh Kaul is still collecting reports from the public.
Since its launch, the clergy and faith leader investigation has brought charges against several people, and resulted in hundreds of reports gathered from religious organizations across the state.
"We've taken a consistent approach throughout the initiative, which is to follow the information where it leads," Kaul said in an interview. "And what we are committed to doing is ensuring that any report and any information we put out is based on the facts."
But as the years stretch on, some have started to question why the investigation is taking so long, and when a final report will be released.
Here's what we know about the ongoing investigation.
What exactly is the investigation looking at?
The Department of Justice launched the inquiry to look at claims of sexual abuse by faith leaders of all denominations, with a particular interest in the Catholic Church.
Advocates pushed for Kaul to open the investigation after attorneys general in other states launched inquiries and revealed findings that some denominations of churches knew about sexual abuse by leaders in positions of power, but did not report them.
So far, many of the reports have related to Catholic priests, but there have also been reports from several other denominations.
How many reports has the DOJ received?
As of Sept. 29, the Department of Justice has received 326 reports about abuse.
That number is up from 274 in April 2024.
What's been accomplished so far?
Charges have been filed against several current or former clergy members or counselors. Instances of abuse have also been reported to a religious authority, and the abuser added to the list of credibly accused abusers.
In April of this year, former youth pastor James Lane, 53, pleaded guilty in Wood County to repeated sexual assault of a child. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of extended supervision.
According to a release from the DOJ, the abuse occurred between September 2002 and December 2003, when Lane was driving the child home from Faith Reformed Church in Wisconsin Rapids.
Theodore McCarrick, a former cardinal of the Catholic Church, was charged with one count of fourth-degree sexual assault for an incident that occurred in 1977. The former cardinal allegedly engaged in repeated sexual abuse of the victim over time, including once fondling the victim while staying as a guest at a Lake Geneva residence.
In January, the court determined McCarrick was not competent to stand trial. He died earlier this year.
In addition, abuse by John Cullinan, a deceased Catholic priest who served in the La Crosse diocese, was reported for the first time. The DOJ worked with the diocese to add his name to its list of clergy with substantiated allegations of abuse.
In May 2022, an arrest warrant was issued for 61-year-old Jeffrey Anthony Charles, who police say sexually assaulted a minor at a cabin in Douglas County between 2005 and 2010.
Charles served as the pastor for the nondenominational church Neighbors to Nations in Princeton, Minn., at the time of the assaults, but routinely traveled to his Wisconsin cabin with parishioners. He is accused of assaulting the victim four times in five years, while the victim was between the ages of 3 and 7.
In February 2022, Remington Jon Nystrom, 33, was charged with one count of first-degree sexual contact with a child under 13 in connection with an incident that occurred in 2009. Nystrom was a counselor at a Mount Morris camp in Waushara County when, police say, he inappropriately touched a sleeping child. The camp is affiliated with the Moravian Church of America.
Nystrom was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse of a child, and sentenced to seven years of prison, followed by 10 years of extended supervision.
Two cases have also been handed over to Brown County investigators, but no charges have yet been filed there.
What's the role of the Catholic dioceses in the investigation?
So far, the Catholic dioceses of Wisconsin have declined to share information with the DOJ. But they did say when the investigation launched that if there was a specific allegation for a current, living member of the clergy, information would be shared with investigators.
In 2023, Kaul sought access to court documents sealed a decade ago as a part of a bankruptcy filing by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. The bankruptcy was related to a $21 million settlement to compensate victims of sexual abuse by clergy.
A federal judge in October 2024 denied access to Kaul and his team of investigators, saying the DOJ failed to make a valid case for revisiting the bankruptcy decision and did not provide a sufficient plan for notifying clergy abuse victims of its request for the records.
For years, rumors have swirled about the bankruptcy filings including the names of additional abusive clergy members, but that claim has never been substantiated.
What's the status of the final report?
Kaul said in a Sept. 25 interview he did not know when the final report would be released.
When did Kaul launch the inquiry?
Kaul announced the start of his investigation in April 2021, surrounded by advocates and the loved ones of Nate Lindstrom, a man who took his life after being abused as a child by a priest.
What have critics of the investigation said?
Critics of the investigation have put pressure on Kaul to push for documents and information from the Catholic Church, and in particular, the Milwaukee Archdiocese.
Though Kaul has tried to access files from the Archdiocese, he has not been successful.
Critics also are worried about the length of time the inquiry has been ongoing with no report. Other states took considerably less time.
"We're committed to conducting a thorough comprehensive review, and our goal is not to put out a report on some particular date, but rather to put out a report we feel does justice to the work that's been done," Kaul said when asked about the criticism.
What happens when someone makes a report?
When a survivor or someone with knowledge of abuse makes a report to the hotline or online, they're put into contact with a victim services worker who can steer them to resources, if needed.
Then each claim is looked into by a team of people across different specialties, who decide if the claim can be forwarded to local authorities.
How can I report abuse or knowledge of abuse?
To file a report, call 877-222-2620 or use the online reporting tool at supportsurvivors.widoj.gov. Both options provide the ability to file an anonymous tip.
The department is still accepting reports and said survivors have control of what happens after their report is received.
Laura Schulte can be reached at leschulte@jrn.com and on X @SchulteLaura.
"So far, the Catholic dioceses of Wisconsin have declined to share information with the DOJ." So, it's business as usual at the Catholic Church, where the Pope says one thing, but his minions do otherwise. Children are sex fodder for the Catholic Church. It was that way 60 years ago when a priest put his hands on me and it's that way today despite the Catholic Church's ongoing lies and deceit. A "religion" of swine. They've been diddling kids for over 2,000 years. Disgusting!
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Pope Leo gets political, appears to take on the White House
The Pope leads an army of child molesters. What a monster.
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Monday, May 26, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
Clergy Gone Wild: New Pope accused of ‘looking the other way’ over sex abuse allegations against priests
When a group of pedophiles elects a new leader, don't be surprised that he's a pedophile. The Catholic Church is awash in sin.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
College of Cardinals to elect new pope amid Catholic crisis of faith
Um, perhaps people are leaving the Catholic Church because they are fed up with the pedophilia that the church champions? Just a thought . . .
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
Clergy Gone Wild:: Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, charged with sexual abuse in Wisconsin, has died
From JSOnline:
Laura Schulte
Laura Schulte
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MADISON - The former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked amid a sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, died Thursday in Missouri at age 94.
His death was confirmed by Archbishop of Washington Robert McElroy, according to reporting from the National Catholic Register.
The former Cardinal was ordained in 1958, became the archbishop in Newark, New Jersey in 1986, and then the archbishop of Washington, D.C. in 2000.
McCarrick rose to power despite credible claims of sexual abuse against him. A two-year investigation conducted by the Vatican found credible reports of abuse as far back as 1999, including one allegation that he slept with seminarians, according to the National Catholic Register. He resigned from the priesthood in 2018 and was defrocked in 2019.
Peter Isely, a founding member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, said in a statement Friday that McCarrick's death leaves behind a legacy that the Catholic Church has failed to take full accountability for. Isely cautioned that the process to elect the next pope needs more transparency.
“McCarrick may be dead, but his many victims are not. We are still here, still living with the harm he caused — and with the church’s failure to stop him," he said in the statement. "There is no reason to believe the next conclave won’t include more McCarricks — influencing, protecting, and electing one of their own, just like he did at the last conclave. That’s why the public must know who these candidates are.”
In 2021, McCarrick was accused of assaulting a teen boy at a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974, and in 2023 he was charged with sexual abuse in Wisconsin. He was declared unfit to stand for trial late last year, though the charges are still open against him.
Though McCarrick never served in Wisconsin, he did visit the state on vacations.
Prosecutors in Walworth County and the Department of Justice in Wisconsin charged McCarrick with fourth-degree sexual assault over a 1977 incident. Had he been convicted, McCarrick would have faced up to nine months in prison and a $10,000 fine.
The Walworth County case began after someone reported the abuse to the state Department of Justice's wide-ranging clergy abuse investigation. The department's inquiry is ongoing.
Prosecutors said McCarrick groped an 18-year-old while they were both staying as guests at a residence on Geneva Lake. According to documents, the teen was in the lake off a dock when McCarrick and another adult man entered the water. Both groped him and discussed his genitals, the complaint alleges.
The teen tried to get away from the men, according to the complaint, and got out of the lake and ran to the house.
The teen told investigators McCarrick began sexually assaulting him at age 11. According to the complaint, he reported several incidents in which McCarrick inappropriately touched or assaulted him before he was 18 years old.
McCarrick took the teen to lavish parties and events, the complaint said. The accuser also reported that McCarrick had taken him to an event where several adult men assaulted him.
The accuser also said McCarrick had sex with him the day before the incident on Geneva Lake.
In 1977, McCarrick would have been 46 years old. He was a priest in the Archdiocese of New York and was working as the private secretary to Cardinal Terence Cooke. The incident is said to have occurred a month before McCarrick was named auxiliary bishop of New York.
Laura Schulte can be reached at leschulte@jrn.com and on X @SchulteLaura.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Reactions as Pope Francis remains in critical condition
Oh my, the head of the largest and oldest pedophile organization in the world is going to croak. They'll just install a different pervert when he goes.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Vatican documents show secret back channel between Pope Pius XII and Adolf Hitler
Apologists for the Pope are disgusting. He was a murderer.
Friday, January 3, 2025
Clergy Gone Wild: Judge suspends abuse case against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick until his death
From JSOnline:
Laura Schulte
Laura Schulte
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MADISON – The charge of sexual assault against Theodore McCarrick will remain suspended, nearly a year after a judge ruled that the former Catholic cardinal was not competent to stand trial due to his health.
According to online court records, on Dec. 27, Walworth County Judge David Reddy declined to dismiss the case against McCarrick but agreed to continue the suspension until the defendant dies. McCarrick did not appear in court for the hearing, and his attorney said there had been "extreme deterioration" in his health since the case was last in front of the judge in early 2024.
Prosecutors in Walworth County and the Department of Justice in 2023 charged McCarrick with sexual assault in a 1977 incident. He was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault, and if convicted, McCarrick would have faced up to nine months in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Prosecutors in Wisconsin charged McCarrick after someone reported the abuse to the state Department of Justice's ongoing clergy abuse investigation. The investigation is ongoing with no end date set.
In the incident for which he is charged, prosecutors said McCarrick groped an 18-year-old while they were both staying as guests at a residence on Geneva Lake. According to documents, the teen was in the lake off a dock when McCarrick and another adult man entered the water. Both groped him and discussed his genitals, the complaint alleges.
The teen tried to get away from the men and splashed and made noise, according to the complaint. He got out of the lake with one leg in his swim trunks and ran to the house. He got dressed and asked for a ride to the train station, according to the complaint.
The complainant said McCarrick began sexually assaulting him at age 11. According to the complaint, he reported several incidents in which McCarrick inappropriately touched or assaulted him before he was 18 years old.
McCarrick took the teen to lavish parties and events, the complaint said. The accuser also reported that McCarrick had taken him to an event where several adult men assaulted him. The accuser also said McCarrick had sex with him the day before the incident on Geneva Lake.
In 1977, McCarrick would have been 46 years old. He was a priest in the Archdiocese of New York and was working as the private secretary to Cardinal Terence Cooke. The incident is said to have occurred a month before McCarrick was named auxiliary bishop of New York. He would go on to become the bishop of Metuchen, N.J., then the archbishop of Newark and the archbishop of Washington. He was named cardinal in 2001.
McCarrick never lived or worked in Wisconsin but made visits to the state. He was able to be charged because the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse tolls, or pauses, if the perpetrator leaves the state and does not return, meaning a case can be charged at any point, instead of within a limited number of years.
The Walworth County charge is the latest development in a years-long fall from grace for the once-powerful cardinal. He was also charged in a Massachusetts case, which alleged he assaulted a teenage boy at a wedding in 1974. He pleaded not guilty in 2021. That case was dismissed last year, because McCarrick, who lives at a residence for troubled priests in Missouri, has dementia and was deemed not competent to stand trial.
McCarrick is the only U.S. Catholic cardinal, current or former, to be criminally charged with child sex crimes.
More:Case against disgraced Catholic cardinal suspended; McCarrick not competent to stand trial
His legal issues began in 2017 when a former altar boy came forward to report the priest had groped him when he was a teenager in New York. The next year, the Archdiocese of New York announced that McCarrick had been removed from ministry after finding the allegation to be "credible and substantiated," and two New Jersey dioceses revealed they had settled claims of sexual misconduct against him in the past involving adults.
Pope Francis defrocked McCarrick in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he sexually abused minors, as well as adults.
The two-year internal investigation into McCarrick found that three decades of bishops, cardinals and popes downplayed or dismissed reports of sexual misconduct. Correspondences showed they repeatedly rejected the information outright as rumor and excused it as an "imprudence."
The investigative findings released in 2020 pinned much of the blame on Pope John Paul II, who appointed McCarrick archbishop of Washington, D.C., despite having commissioned an inquiry that confirmed McCarrick slept with seminarians.
Laura Schulte can be reached at leschulte@jrn.com and on X @SchulteLaura.
Monday, March 7, 2022
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Former bishop of La Crosse diocese, Cardinal Raymond Burke, has been released from the ICU following COVID-19 diagnosis
From JSOnline:
A high-ranking Catholic cardinal who was in serious condition earlier this week after contracting COVID-19 has been taken off a ventilator and released from the ICU, his La Crosse parish announced Saturday.
Cardinal Raymond Burke, a vaccine skeptic and a vocal critic of Pope Francis, announced his diagnosis Aug. 10. Four days later, his staff tweeted he was on a ventilator but more specific details about his condition remained unclear.
On Tuesday, officials at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which Burke founded in La Crosse, said in a statement Burke was in serious, but stable, condition at an undisclosed location and had been sedated.
About 10:45 a.m. Saturday, Our Lady of Guadalupe Executive Director the Rev. Paul N. Check said in a statement Burke had come off the ventilator and would return to his hospital room.
"His sister spoke with him on the phone this morning, and His Eminence expressed his deep gratitude for the many prayers offered on his behalf," Check said in the statement. "His family asks that we continue those prayers for his full and speedy recovery."
Burke, 73, holds a doctorate in canon law. He served as bishop in the Diocese of La Crosse before becoming archbishop in St. Louis. He left St. Louis in 2008 to oversee the Vatican’s supreme court, becoming the first American to hold that position.
Too bad . . .
Friday, July 30, 2021
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged with sexually assaulting teen
There are no swine like the Catholic swine. This monster should have been put down decades ago, but he's been protected by the "church."
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