Struggling dioceses and parishes would do well to reflect upon a recent episode of the Netflix series The Crown. For those who don’t know, The Crown is a fictional depiction of the life of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her dysfunctional royal family. I generally do not watch or recommend the series given its…

I don’t know about you, but I miss the days when we could freely identify and call out dirty old men. When, without reprisal, we could recognize and denounce sexual deviance and not have to pretend that sexual perversion was normal or good. In fact, back then, we were still allowed to use the terms…