Talk:C. John McCloskey

Disambiguation

Need a disambiguation for this. There is another priest named John McCloskey, who is deceased. He is listed as John Cardinal McCloskey. I do not know if they are related to each other. nut-meg 05:43, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

"Credibly accused?"

Credibly accused, huh? Who decides what's credible?

This is not NPOV. It's a fact that he was accused. It is NOT a fact that he was "credibly" accused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:142:200:38B0:81B6:AC9A:CBF9:A20D (talk) 10:38, 2 May 2022 (UTC)

After reading the allegation section and the accompanying reference, I believe there are some points in which the section could/should be made more precise.

1. To say Father McCloskey was credibly abused could be considered to be an opinion. It is a fact, however, that Opus Dei said it had found the accusation to be credible.
2. The section says that "There were no incidents before or after this." This is imprecise, because it leaves the impression that there was only one incident of concern. However, the statement says that "Very recently, we have become aware of another woman who may have also suffered from Father McCloskey’s actions at the CIC." The statement from Opus Dei also says that "As regards Father McCloskey’s time before being at the CIC as well as afterwards, we have not received any complaints for sexual misconduct." I think it best, simply, to eliminate the assertion that "there were no incidents before or after this."
3. The entry states that "At the time, Fr. McCloskey had begun suffering from Alzheimer's disease." However, the reference does not state that Father McCloskey had Alzheimer's at the time of the alleged misconduct, in 2002. The reference states that Father McCloskey had advanced Alzheimer's in 2019, at the time Opus Dei issued its statements on the allegation. Rather than engaging in speculation about whether the Alzheimer's had already begun in 2002, I would recommend deleting the Alzheimer's reference from this section.

Given these considerations, I would replace the current allegation section with the following:

"In November, 2002, the Prelature of Opus Dei received a complaint from an adult woman accusing Father McCloskey of sexual misconduct while he serving as the director of the Catholic Information Center in Washington, DC. Following an investigation, Opus Dei found the accusation to be credible, and Father McCloskey was removed as director of the Catholic Information Center." CoffeeBeans9 (talk) 23:11, 27 February 2023 (UTC)