Author name: amdg

The Pillar portal reports that the Archdiocese of Chicago, under Cardinal Blase Cupich, has won a court ruling allowing it to proceed with a countersuit against individuals who fabricated claims of clerical sexual abuse. The archdiocese alleges a “racketeering enterprise” involving over two dozen men, including convicted criminals, who conspired for over a decade to make false accusations against laicized priest Daniel McCormack. The scheme, exposed by a recorded prison phone call, involved recruiting and coaching fake victims to exploit the archdiocese’s “pastoral” policy of presuming credibility for claimants. Cardinal Cupich also warned of an anticipated surge in historical abuse claims due to changes in the legal environment, including attorney advertising and private equity financing of lawsuits. The archdiocese emphasized that settlement costs are funded by long-held unrestricted assets, not parish donations or fundraising campaigns. This entire episode lays bare the theological and institutional rot of the post-conciliar sect, where a suicidal credulity, born of modernist sentimentality and a rejection of supernatural prudence, has created a system ripe for exploitation, further eroding any remaining semblance of justice or order.