A THREAD for @archbalt and Archbishop Lori in response to the email I received last night encouraging me to oppose Maryland House Bill 001 and Maryland Senate Bill 686 which would remove the statute of limitations on civil claims for future incidents of child sexual abuse (1/10) and retroactively revive claims that are currently time-barred, no matter how long ago the alleged abuse occurred.

Your Excellency, I am disgusted. You complain that it's not fair, that the church is singled out, and that this creates two classes of survivors, BUT (2/10)

The following documents supplement the police report and lawsuit draft I previously disseminated regarding @FranciscanU and the case against Fr. David Morrier. While several have speculated that the victim in this case provided the documents, she is not the source. (1/15) These documents have been independently verified and are authentic. I have redacted the victim's name to protect her identity as well as the names of several innocent parties. (2/15)

On 3/11, Father David Morrier, TOR, pled guilty to one count of sexual battery. Franciscan University claimed they had no idea what Morrier was up to. I was provided a copy of the lawsuit by someone (not the victim) involved. dropbox.com/s/20ntkzph1lpo… University President Father Dave Pivonka, chaplain Father Shawn Roberson, then-Minister Provincial Father Richard Davis, and Father Michael Scanlan, now-deceased former president and chancellor of Franciscan University knew that Morrier was conducting these deliverance sessions.

Last night, someone I considered a friend posted on FB that it was performative to announce unity with the Jewish people in light of Kanye's hatred and incitement of violence. That mental illness makes people do and say all sorts of horrible things. (1/13) And that these same folks best not post a suicide hotline because it was clearly all performative. When I gently pushed back on this post, I was called a hypocrite who was unsafe for people whose family members died by suicide. (2/13)

Today is the Catholic feast of St. Maximillian Kolbe, who gave his life in Auschwitz for a fellow prisoner who had a family. He was starved and finally executed via injection of carbolic acid when he wouldn't just die. He was a hero. He was also an antisemite. A thread. (1/12) Now why speak ill of the dead? Well, here's why: first of all, the truth matters. Being honest matters. But for far too long, well-intended Catholics have used Kolbe to express pride in Catholicism during WW2 and reject any criticism of inaction or worse, to deny evil. (2/12)