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James Serritella, Counselor in Church Sex-Abuse Crisis, Dies at 78
He advised four Chicago cardinals and advanced the U.S. bishops’ zero-tolerance policy toward clergy guilty of sex crimes.
James A. Serritella with Pope John Paul II in 1997. His influence extended from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to the U.S. Supreme Court.Credit.via Serritella family
Published May 5, 2021Updated May 10, 2021
James A. Serritella, a lapsed seminarian who as counsel to four cardinals overseeing the Archdiocese of Chicago encouraged them and eventually the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to bar priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children, died on April 23 in Chicago. He was 78.
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Conservative leaders and free speech advocates torched Facebook’s Oversight Board for its decision on former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account. The Board upheld the deplatforming of Trump for now.
Conservatives did not mince their words in slamming the notoriously liberal Board and Facebook for compromising America’s sacred freedom of speech and at least temporarily upholding the indefinite ban. Media Research Center Founder and President L. Brent Bozell suggested that the ruling could be Facebook’s first foray into meddling with the 2024 Election. Senator Ted Cruz summarized the ruling as “disgraceful.” Turning Point USA Founder and CEO Charlie Kirk suggested, “This is a big tech, corporate oligarchy without standing and it’s gone too far.”
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Proponents who have openly challenged sentencing guidelines for low-level crack cocaine offenders have argued that the laws have disproportionately affected Black people versus their white counterparts. On Tuesday (May 4), the nation’s highest court weighed the merits of reducing the sentences of those offenders as both liberal and conservative members of the bench offered opinions.
As reported by
NPR, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of Tarahrick Terry, a Black man who was slapped with nearly 16 years in prison back in 2008 for possessing less than five grams of crack cocaine totally to about $50 in street worth. If the substance were pure powder, the cost would be significantly higher.
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