Editorials/opinion on Bransfield/DWC by or about CCA members
Homily by Fr. Andy Switzer
St. Agnes Parish, Shepherdstown, WV, August 23, 2020
Church closures should not give West Virginia Catholics a break from fighting the virus of abusive clericalism
Michael J. Iafrate, Medium.com, April 17, 2020
Interview: Michael Iafrate (Catholic Committee of Appalachia) on Talkline (begins at 1:21:00)
Hoppy Kercheval, Talkline/WV MetroNews, Dec. 30, 2019
Church Should Investigate Allegations About Bransfield Fully
Michael J. Iafrate and Jeannie Kirkhope, Wheeling Intelligencer, Dec. 20, 2019
[See also: Diocese must address dishonesty, Charleston Gazette, Dec. 28, 2019]
Not Here for the Pomp
Beth Longo, The Table: Women’s Ordination Conference, August 31, 2019
Victim blaming as vile as the sexual abuse itself
Robert Choiniere, Dominion Post, August 15, 2019
Too many questions remain unanswered in the case of West Virginia Bishop Michael Bransfield
Michael J. Iafrate, Washington Post, August 2, 2019
[See also: Medium.com]
Diocese to Open Books in Response to Lay Demands
Lay Catholic Voices for Change, July 17, 2019
WV Catholics, take claim. ‘WE own this.’
Jeannie Kirkhope and Michael J. Iafrate, Charleston Gazette, July 17, 2019
A pretty weak whistle (scroll down)
Michael J. Iafrate, The Washington Post, July 12, 2019
Letter to Archbishop Lori
Lay Catholic Voices for Change, July 9, 2019
Lori not without sin as well
Wendy Tuck, Parkersburg News and Sentinel, June 16, 2019
Open Letter from Lay Catholic Voices for Change
Lay Catholic Voices for Change, June 12, 2019
Catholic community needs Archbishop Lori to listen
Michael J. Iafrate and Jeannie Kirkhope, Charleston Gazette-Mail, May 5, 2019
Troubling Questions Not Answered by Diocese
Vincent DeGeorge, Wheeling Intelligencer, April 14, 2019
[See also: Charleston Gazette Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch]
West Virginia Catholics Want to ‘Follow the Truth Wherever it Leads,’ Including to Philadelphia
Michael J. Iafrate and Jeannie Kirkhope, Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 4, 2019
The laity is the Catholic Church’s last earthly hope
Jeannie Kirkhope and Michael J. Iafrate, Associated Press, Jan. 13, 2019
See also: Herald-Dispatch (Huntington, WV), Willliamson Daily News (Williamson, WV)
“Follow the Truth Wherever it Leads”: Resisting the Jurisdictional Mentality that Protects Abusers in the Church
Michael J. Iafrate, Medium, Dec. 13, 2018
Can Baltimore’s archbishop bring accountability to West Virginia’s Catholic Church?
Vincent DeGeorge, Baltimore Sun, Dec. 5, 2018
Iafrate Fighting for a Better Church
Nora Edinger, Weelunk, Nov. 29, 2018
‘Lay investigation’ of diocese doesn’t equate transparency
Michael J. Iafrate and Jeannie Kirkhope, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Nov. 22, 2018
“Lay Involvement” in Church Investigation Does Not Guarantee Truth or Transparency
Michael J. Iafrate, Medium, Oct. 29, 2018
Special Report: A Few Good Men
Brooke Chaplain, WTRF-Channel 7 Wheeling, Oct. 25, 2018
Open Letter to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston: WV Catholics Want ‘Specific, Achievable Actions,’ Full Investigation
Jeannie Kirkhope and Michael J. Iafrate, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sept. 15, 2018
See also: Wheeling Intelligencer, Register-Herald (Beckley), Appalachian Chronicle, Lenoir Voice (NC), Herald-Dispatch (Huntington)
CCA Statement on Sex Abuse in the Roman Catholic Church
November 2017
West Virginia Catholic Diocese Challenged to Reject Coal’s ‘Dirty Money’
Michael J. Iafrate, Appalachian Chronicle, April 2016
Dirty Money in the Appalachian Church: Six Years After Deadly Coal Mine Disaster, Where Are We Now?
Michael J. Iafrate, Religion Dispatches, April 2016
Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical gets waylaid in West Virginia
Michael J. Iafrate, National Catholic Reporter, July 1, 2015
Abuse in the Catholic Church
Jeannie Kirkhope, Appalachian Catholic Worker, Aug. 28, 2007