A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism. Then they outed a priest using Grindr data.
Michelle Boorstein, Marisa Iati and Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post
July 25, 2021
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Reverend Thomas Rafferty pastor of Saint Anthony of Padua in The Woodlands greets parishioners as they wait in line to enter the church, Sunday, May 3, 2020. Gov. Greg Abbott's recent executive order allows churches to resume services following state guidelines.Gustavo Huerta, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
In January, when Ed Condon and JD Flynn broke off from their jobs at a long-standing Catholic news agency, they promised readers of their new newsletter that they would deliver reporting without an agenda, or a foregone conclusion. "We aim to do serious, responsible, sober journalism about the Church, from the Church and for the Church. . . . We want The Pillar to be a different kind of journalism."