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Cleansing the Church of Clerical Sacrilege

Dominic Legge, O.P.

It is time for clergy and laity to begin a movement for the purification of the Church. The shameful sexual sins and crimes of clergyโ€”including cardinals, bishops, and priestsโ€”can...

Why Gay Marriage is not like Divorce

Dominic Legge, O.P.

Thomas Reese,ย writing about gay marriage in the National Catholic Reporter, argues that the Catholic bishops of the United States should โ€œadmit defeat and move on.โ€ Theyโ€™ve done this before,...