Forty young Catholics have signed an open letter to priests and bishops calling for “a cleansing fire” in the wake of the McCarrick revelations.
Published by First Things, the letter calls for “a thorough, independent investigation into claims of abuse by Archbishop McCarrick, both of minors and of adults. We want to know who in the hierarchy knew about his crimes, when they knew it, and what they did in response.”
It asks that the “silence surrounding sexual impropriety in the Church be broken,” and that “bishops take clear action when priests flout the Church’s sexual teaching and that networks of sexually active priests be rooted out. We ask that good priests be given the freedom to tell their bishops what they know, without fear of reprisal.”
