INDIANAPOLIS (IN)
Indianapolis Star
August 19, 2018
By Billy Kobin
Recent local and national headlines have given Catholics in the Indianapolis area plenty to think about.
First, there was the news that Shelly Fitzgerald, a popular guidance counselor at Roncalli High School for the past 15 years, is facing possible termination after church and school officials were presented with evidence of her 2014 marriage to a woman.
Then, in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, a grand jury report accused more than 300 Catholic priests of sexually abusing more than 1,000 child victims. The report details a 70-year “systematic” coverup effort by the state’s church leaders. Five Catholic priests with ties to Indiana were named in the grand jury report.
For many Catholics, the events have created a certain amount of introspection about what might be described as the separation of church and faith. More specifically, some Catholics may lament the church’s positions in these instances, but their faith is unshaken.
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