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Catholics consider withholding donations amid scandals
Across the United States Catholics long faithful for decades face calls to withhold money from their churches amid a wave of sex abuse scandals. A Pennsylvania grand jury report alleged hundreds of priests molested over 1,000 children since the 1940s, while Pope Francis moved to distance the church from disgraced ex cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Catholics like Michael Drweiga and Brice Sokolowski weigh cutting donations to dioceses but preserving parish support, arguing for accountability while preserving faith. Observers warn that funds flow through dioceses complicates blanket punishment, and some say withholding is a symbolic, not protective action.
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E. Brice Sokolowski
Georgene Sorensen
U.S
Pennsylvania
Pope Francis
Dinar
Theodore McCarrick
Francis
McCarrick
Drweiga
Sokolowski
St. Paul
Minnesota
Edward Peters
Edmund Cardinal Szoka
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Detroit
Christ
Jesus
Peters
Sorensen
Tucson
Arizona
Eddie Shih
Shih
New York City
Tim Lennon
Trene Kennedy
San Antonio
St. Patrick’s Cathedral