A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism. Then they outed a priest using Grindr data.
Michelle Boorstein, Marisa Iati and Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post
July 25, 2021
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Reverend Thomas Rafferty pastor of Saint Anthony of Padua in The Woodlands greets parishioners as they wait in line to enter the church, Sunday, May 3, 2020. Gov. Greg Abbott s recent executive order allows churches to resume services following state guidelines.Gustavo Huerta, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
In January, when Ed Condon and JD Flynn broke off from their jobs at a long-standing Catholic news agency, they promised readers of their new newsletter that they would deliver reporting without an agenda, or a foregone conclusion. We aim to do serious, responsible, sober journalism about the Church, from the Church and for the Church. . . . We want The Pillar to be a different kind of journalism.
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