**VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL CONFERENCE** Kooky Judge Anne Burke Channels Dr. Seuss and Cher in Bitter Attack on Catholic Church

Justice Anne M. Burke

Illinois Justice Anne M. Burke (wife of Chicago ward boss Ed Burke) once served as the interim chair of the National Review Board, a lay group who advises the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on sex abuse policy. However, after her … [Read more...]

*EXCLUSIVE w/ COURT DOCS* After SNAP Flouts Repeated Court Orders to Turn Over Documents, Lawyers Forced to File For Contempt Citation

David Clohessy SNAP

Since David Clohessy, the National Director of SNAP, has repeatedly flaunted judges' orders to produce documents related to an important Missouri abuse case, lawyers for an accused Catholic priest have requested that the Circuit Court … [Read more...]

**VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL CONFERENCE** At Aging, Left-Wing Lovefest, Writers From National Catholic Reporter Unleash Nastiness Against Church

Jamie Manson and Phyllis Zagano :: Voice of the Faithful Conference 2012

The 10th anniversary conference of Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) in Boston this month proved to be anything but "faithful" to the teaching authority of the Catholic Church. Youthful rebellion TheMediaReport.com was there when … [Read more...]

New Philly Trial BOMBSHELL: Historic Conviction of Msgr. Lynn May Have Been Based Upon False Confession

Edward V. Avery and Msgr. William J. Lynn

Was the historic conviction in June of Philadelphia's Msgr. William J. Lynn based on a crime that never even happened?! Ralph Cipriano at the Philadelphia Priest Abuse Trial Blog has exclusively reported that a motion filed on Monday … [Read more...]

Height of Hypocrisy: Philly D.A.’s Office Fights Open Records Request By TheMediaReport.com

Philadelphia D.A. Seth Williams

The Philadelphia clergy abuse trial this past year was historic, but not just for the conviction of Msgr. William Lynn for the mistakes he made back in the 1990s. After ten years of investigations and three grand juries, the only jury … [Read more...]

NY Times Loses It: Two Front-Page Stories and an Editorial For a Suspended Misdemeanor Sentence

NYT: Laurie Goodstein, Andrew Rosenthal, John Eligon

If anyone needed another example of the New York Times' obsession with blasting the Catholic Church, one does not need to look further than the paper's coverage following the guilty verdict of Kansas City–St. Joseph Bishop … [Read more...]

SNAP Now Makes It Perfectly Clear: Publicity Comes First, Victims Second

David Clohessy SNAP

If there is one "bright spot" in the outcome of the Bishop Finn trial, it is that innocent victims and their families were spared the excruciating ordeal of having to appear in public court and having to identify how they were … [Read more...]

Editorial Notices That Planned Parenthood ‘Probably Covers Up More Sexual Abuse of Children Than Any Other Institution in the United States’

Wayne Laugesen

Colorado Springs Gazette editor Wayne Laugesen has penned a must-read editorial in which he takes aim at the nation's selective outrage over child sex abuse. While the public and law enforcement have rightfully expressed outrage at sex … [Read more...]

‘The Darkest Two Years of My Life’: Popular Priest Describes Long Torment of False Abuse Accusation

Fr. Eugene Boland Ireland

Very few priests speak publicly about their horrifying ordeals of being falsely accused of child sex abuse, but Rev. Eugene Boland is doing so after a jury in Derry, Ireland, unanimously found him not guilty in June of the flimsy claim that … [Read more...]

** SNAP CONFERENCE 2012 EXCLUSIVE ** Not Really About Sex Abuse: Radical Rev. Barry Lynn Unleashes Political Tirade Against Catholic Bishops

Barry Lynn

If there were still any doubt about the anti-Catholic agenda of the advocacy group SNAP, an angry tirade by Rev. Barry Lynn at the group's annual conference in Chicago last month should erase any such doubt. Lynn built upon a similar … [Read more...]