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At the marriage, Eric meets a photographer, Oba, who takes him to a gay club the place they find yourself kissing. Gay cruises have tons of parties, generally multiple a day. And, up to now 5 years, many Catholics have appeared to Francis as a figure who might modernize the church and assist it regain its credibility. A proposed tribunal for judging bishops accused of negligence or coverup was quashed by the Vatican division that was supposed to help implement it. The stalled effort to launch the tribunal prompted the resignation from the fee of Marie Collins, an Irish abuse survivor. Last month, he accepted the best-stage resignation to date when Theodore McCarrick stepped down from the College of Cardinals. "Each new report of clerical abuse at any degree creates doubt in the minds of many that we are effectively addressing this catastrophe within the Church," Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston, warned last month. In Australia, some state and territory governments are even going after one of many church’s most sacred tenets and are on the verge of imposing new laws requiring priests to report baby abuse that they learn of throughout confessions. Analysts who've studied the church’s response to sexual abuse, and several people who've advised the pope, say the Vatican has been unable to take the dramatic steps that may help an organization get out from underneath scandals - and avoid their repetition. |
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