Nowicki Not Returning Victim’s Call
Earlier this month, Archabbot Douglas Nowicki of St. Vincent’s Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania released the names [View] of over more than a dozen perpetrators associated with the community he reigns over. Earlier today, we pointed out that the list was incomplete [View].
Vigano, Steelers Alerted to Sexual Abuse in 2012
Following a June 30, 2012 conversation with Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States during his visit to the Greensburg Diocese, a letter dated July 19 [View as PDF] alerted Mr. Arthur. J. Rooney, II and two other members of of the Pittsburgh Steelers organization making them fully aware of a long (and still […]
Saint Vincent Archabbey releases names of members accused of sexual abuse
(Tribune-Review) Two days after the release of a bombshell report chronicling allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests across Pennsylvania — and decades after it removed many from ministry — Saint Vincent Archabbey in Unity on Thursday revealed the names of a dozen members it deemed to have been credibly accused of similar wrongdoing.
Towey Under Fire in Florida
In one such letter, a copy of which was sent to The Ave Herald, a professor and department chair writes about how his efforts to prepare students better for class sessions and tests “are undermined by an unwritten understanding that the faculty will assign grades within a certain range so as to maximize retention. This […]
Missing woman’s body found in Cook Township
Wilkinson, a 2002 chemistry graduate of St. Vincent College in Unity, was a laboratory manager and work-study coordinator at the college. Wilkinson taught chemistry labs for the Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computing, where she had worked for approximately 10 years, the college said in a statement.
Pennsylvania Priest Accused of Abuse Was Reported 5 Years Ago, Records Show
An activist who runs a priest-abuse website that learned of the accusations months before the arrest accused Bishop Mark L. Bartchak and his predecessor, Bishop Joseph V. Adamec, of looking the other way for years. – New York Times [Webmaster’s Note: Did Bishop Mark Bartchak also turn a blind eye to accusations of sexual misconduct […]
Weakland heading home, leaving complex legacy in Milwaukee
Retired Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland, a once-towering figure who diminished his legacy by his handling of the clergy sexual abuse crisis in southeastern Wisconsin and his own sex scandal, is returning in old age to the Benedictine abbey where he began his religious life more than 70 years ago.
Hemmerling Missing from Duluth List
Brother David Hemmerling’s name is missing from the list of credibly accused religious in Duluth, Minnesota. [ View List ]
Meet the Monks at Saint Vincent Archabbey
Below is a list of monks at Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Note: This is an alphabetical list of ALL monks from St. Vincent’s (including non-offending monks) between 1970 and 2010.
Two Letters from Hemmerling (NDI)
My job is not to work on NDI as much as it is then, to work on you! I want you to be the fittest of the fit. I want you to be the gold medalist among life’s olympians. I can want that because it is entirely possible for you to be that. YOU […]
(Trib) Defrocked priest says he’ll appeal to pope
A defrocked priest ordered by the Vatican to leave St. Vincent Archabbey near Latrobe and enter a treatment center said he’s not going anywhere until the pope hears his appeal.
Vatican bars Benedictine priest who taught at Saint Vincent College
Mark Gruber, once a nationally acclaimed retreat leader and popular professor at Saint Vincent College, has been dismissed from priestly ministry by the Vatican, which also dissolved his vows as a Benedictine monk.
Email from SVA re CDF & Gruber
On July 29, 2013, Rev. Mark Gruber received a copy of the decree of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF) notifying him of the penalty of his dismissal from the clerical state and dispensing him from his monastic vows. The decree of the CDF is the conclusion of a series of related […]
Hemmerling’s Hall of Fame
Within thirty (30) days of graduation day, a professionally printed 8 1/2″ X ll” individual four page flier, picturing well and describing in detail the achievements of a particular “Hall of Famer”, will be mailed to every corporate and labor executive, every benefactor, every sponsors, and every interested individual, associated with The New Direction, Inc., […]
