Tag: Priest Crisis

The Art of the Witness

I recently read Deacon Kurt Godfrydโ€™s incisive article, A Gentle Breeze,ย in this publication.ย It was a powerful witness for the faith and the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It led me to wonder just how many times I have felt that gentle...

Controlling Emotions

Author Rod Dreher, in his 2015 book How Dante Can Save Your Life, explains, in one short sentence, why he left the Catholic Church: โ€œFraud killed my faith in the Roman Catholic Church.โ€ The fraud he is referring to is the sexual abuse perpetrated by...

My Faith Has Been Weakened

I grew up thinking the Holy Catholic Church may have been something that it wasnโ€™t.ย  I also understand that there is no such thing as a perfect institution or organization in todayโ€™s world, even the Catholic Church, but I had a respect for the...

The Father Gordon J. MacRae Story

I recently received an email from a well known American journalist asking if my investigation and articles on the case of falsely accused and wrongly imprisoned priest, Father Gordon J. MacRae, can be found in one place. I had never thought of this...

A Grievous Error

I am not here to cast Donald Trump-like aspersions upon a judge whose decision I simply do not like. I have no doubt that Father Gordon MacRae would bar me from publishing here if I did. I am simply here to describe a grievous error that occurred in...