Pennsylvania Priest Accused of Abuse Was Reported 5 Years Ago, Records Show

An activist who runs a priest-abuse website that learned of the accusations months before the arrest accused Bishop Mark L. Bartchak and his predecessor, Bishop Joseph V. Adamec, of looking the other way for years. – New York Times [Webmaster’s Note: Did Bishop Mark Bartchak also turn a blind eye to accusations of sexual misconduct […]

(Trib) Defrocked priest says he’ll appeal to pope

Posted by on Jul 31, 2013 in All, Douglas Nowicki, Mark Gruber | No Comments

A defrocked priest ordered by the Vatican to leave St. Vincent Archabbey near Latrobe and enter a treatment center said he’s not going anywhere until the pope hears his appeal.

Vatican bars Benedictine priest who taught at Saint Vincent College

Posted by on Jul 30, 2013 in All, Douglas Nowicki, Mark Gruber, New Direction | No Comments

Mark Gruber, once a nationally acclaimed retreat leader and popular professor at Saint Vincent College, has been dismissed from priestly ministry by the Vatican, which also dissolved his vows as a Benedictine monk.

Email from SVA re CDF & Gruber

Posted by on Jul 30, 2013 in All, Douglas Nowicki, Mark Gruber | No Comments

On July 29, 2013, Rev. Mark Gruber received a copy of the decree of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF) notifying him of the penalty of his dismissal from the clerical state and dispensing him from his monastic vows. The decree of the CDF is the conclusion of a series of related […]

Feedback: St. Vincent Removed from Alum’s Will

Patrick, thank you for your e-mail dated April 25, 2013 in which you speak about the demand from SNAP for Fr. Nowicki to step down as Archabbot at St. Vincent Archabbey.  To say that I was surprised is putting it mildly.  I also read your first posting on the website regarding David Hemmerling with interest. […]

Carr Letter to Chair Donahue

14th May 2013 [Webmaster’s Note: Read this letter (and notes) as a PDF… Here ] Mr. John Christopher Donahue, Chair, Board of Directors, St. Vincent College, Latrobe C/O Federated Investors, 1001 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, United States of America. Ref: The Ms. Metzgar ‘Statement’ with respect Chancellor Nowicki’s Serious Sexual Misconduct with a student at St. […]

McKernan’s Response to Archabbot’s Response to Westinghouse Letter

May 2, 2013 Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, Your response [ View ] to the emails sent out by a third party [ View ] who had written for the purpose of informing alumni, faculty and student representatives about the allegations against you, and SNAP’s call for you to step down, was vicious, vindictive, unprofessional, and manipulative. […]

Archabbot’s Response to the Westinghouse Letter

Dear alumni, colleagues, students, friends: You may recently have received an e-mail [ View ] from Richard Westinghouse (or Hanson) containing defamatory, slanderous allegations against me, as Archabbot of Saint Vincent. The allegations are completely false. I want you to hear from me directly so that you can understand what is behind the vicious attack, […]

Archabbey’s Statement Regarding Allegations

The Archabbot of Saint Vincent, Right Reverend Douglas Nowicki, has been informed that you recently received a mailing [ View ] from an individual identifying himself as James Carr containing untrue, slanderous, defamatory allegations.

Open Letter to Archbishop Gregory

Archbishop Gregory, Grace and Peace to you. I respectfully direct your attention to my previous correspondence addressed to you with respect to Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, and the lecture, which you gave at St. Vincent seminary on November 27, 2012. The significant readership of the Misconduct in Latrobe website will no doubt view said lecture with […]

Mark Gruber Chronology

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in All, Douglas Nowicki, John Peck, Mark Gruber, todo | No Comments

August 16, 2012 Inside Higher Ed article… “Vatican Punishes Priest and Critic of Saint Vincent Officials” [ View ]

Web Site Featuring Mark Gruber

Posted by on Aug 24, 2012 in All, Douglas Nowicki, Mark Gruber | No Comments

Ten days after announcing that, “the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has issued a final decision in the case of Rev. Mark Gruber, O.S.B. This case stems from the July 2009 discovery of pornographic images on the computer assigned to Rev. Gruber by virtue of his teaching assignment,” the abbey’s web […]

Vatican Punishes Priest and Critic of Saint Vincent Officials

Posted by on Aug 16, 2012 in All, Douglas Nowicki, Mark Gruber | No Comments

The long, disturbing tale of the Rev. Mark Gruber and Saint Vincent College has apparently come to an end, with a Vatican-imposed penalty barring the former faculty member from the priesthood in response to allegations — disputed by his supporters and by civil authorities — that he downloaded child pornography. Gruber, a longtime and widely […]

Open Letter to Bishop Brandt

The statement signed in the presence of a Notary Public outlines allegations of serious sexual harassment made against Archabbot Douglas Nowicki by a former professed monk of St. Vincent Archabbey, who had to leave the monastery as a result of this sexual misconduct. The statement is unequivocally clear about the nature of the misconduct (sustained […]