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Lecture brings awareness to faith-based abuse in Africa

By Olivia Stanzl, Assistant News Editor • April 5, 2022

The Department of Politics hosted a presentation April 4 to bring awareness to abuse found in faith-based higher education in Africa.

College reflects on abuse allegation against campus priest

By Madison Fernandez, News Editor • March 6, 2019

Rev. Carsten Martensen, Catholic chaplain, has stepped down from all current assignments after being accused of sexually abusing a minor in the 1970s.

National Recap: Attorney general to investigate archdiocese

By Meredith Burke, Opinion Editor • October 24, 2018

Karl Racine, attorney general of Washington, D.C., announced on Oct. 23, that his office will begin investigating if the Archdiocese of Washington violated the law.

‘In My Own Words’: A Culture of Coverup, System of Abuse – The Catholic Church

September 25, 2018

You can now listen to "In My Own Words" on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify and Google Play! On August 14, a thorough report issued by the grand jury of Pennsylvania was released to the public. The report...

Idol Worship: The First Celebrity Pope

By Jared Wolf • February 13, 2014

In 1972, poet, illustrator, and humorist Shel Silverstein wrote a comical song about stardom called "The Cover of Rolling Stone," and sold it to rising rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. The...