Leon J. Podles :: DIALOGUE

A priest molested a boarding school boy - but this case didn’t happen in Ireland. It was an Episcopal priest, James Lydell Tucker, a father of five, who molested boys at an upper-class Episcopal school in Austin, Texas. And the Episcopal diocese conspired to cover it up.
What are the lessons? Men don’t have to be [...]

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The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York has the distinction of becoming a ruin before it is even finished. I hadn’t been there in decades, and I had not known there was a serious fire in 2001.
 
The metal scaffolding that surrounded the tower in this picture has come down in an admission [...]

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During our annual Christmas trip, we heard the choir of St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Fifth Ave) sing The Messiah, as arranged by Mozart.

  I had never heard it with treble voices before. The voices were delicate but clear. It was possible to hear all the lines of music distinctly. Because boys voices do not have [...]

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