Catholicism needs trauma-informed approaches to sexual abuse
Responding to a victim of sexual assault is a matter of either trauma disruption or trauma creation.
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I was threatened because of my sexuality
I had peers I got along with, but when their inhibitions went down, they saw me as a predator because of my sexuality and felt the need to threaten me because of this.
Parish Priests, Stock Traders, and their Limited Moral Reasoning
The parish priest is not an outpost of the CDF, however much he may want to be.
Stop Calling Out Homophobes
When the light is too bright it serves to blind, rather than to help people see.
The Archdiocese of Chicago Defends Harassment
“The church actually was entitled to conduct itself in a racist way in its relationship with the minister.”
The CDF Moves Towards Affirming Same-Sex Relationships
One can reasonably see the CDF statement on same-sex relationships as one of progression, rather than entrenchment.
“Ex-Gay” as Via Negativa
“Gay,” rather than being denied, becomes paradoxically privileged in the ordering of one’s reality.
Why your bishop didn’t read Aquinas
Notre Dame for many years kept texts on the Vatican’s Index of Forbidden Books locked behind a metal grate, and students needed permission from the university President in order to access them.
Why would canon lawyers support “preferred pronouns”?
Far from condemning “preferred pronouns,” the Holy See’s highest court created space for them in 1975.
Why Catholic arguments about trans persons don’t work
To the extent the Congregation for Catholic Education is talking about “transgender persons,” it’s not talking about the trans people I know.
Chris Damian 