Rev. Kevin Rhoades, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend, has been cleared of allegations of misconduct with a now-deceased young man while serving in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A family member who thought the conduct he remembered was “odd” filed the complaint with the Diocese of Harrisburg. Dauphin County District Attorney, Fran Chardo, issued a press release today indicating that after […]
Priests in the News
Both the Catholic News Agency and the Jesuit Post have confirmed that a suspect was arrested for the murder of Fr. Carlos Riudavets Montes in Peru. Peruvian National Police arrested Osman Pitug Wajush, who denied involvement in the murder. Following his apprehension in Chiriaco, authorities moved him to another location for his own safety. Fr. […]
In his August 17, 2018 letter to the people of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich labeled the recently-released Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report a “catalogue of horrors.” Cupich’s letter continued: “And yet whatever words we may use to describe the anguish of reading about these heinous acts, they can never capture the reality of suffering endured […]
Sadly we report the news of the murder of another member of the Priesthood. The body of Jesuit priest, Father Carlos Riudavets Montes, was found on August 10 in the kitchen of Valentín Salegui School in Yamakentsa, Perú, Bagua province. Father Riudavets spent a lifetime working among the indigenous people in Peru’s Amazonian area, first […]
Got a leaky roof at your Parish and looking for ways to raise money for the costly repair? Look no further than the efforts of Father Rob Schultz, Pastor at St. Beatrice Parish in Schiller Park, a Chicago suburb. Fr. Schultz signed up for his 100th triathlon on August 5, 2018, and decided to use the […]
Retired Bishop of Dallas, the Most Rev.Charles V. Grahmann, died August 14 at St. Luke Baptist Hospital in San Antonio while undergoing surgery to insert a stent in his heart. Grahmann celebrated Mass earlier that morning at Casa de Padres, a retirement home for clergy in San Antonio, and received the Sacrament of the Anointing […]
