While covering the recent bishops' spring conference in Atlanta, a lot of reporters simply saw an opportunity to phone it in and rehash the sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to advance a political agenda. The Los Angeles … [Read more...]
On Front Page, NY Times Trumpets Efforts to Financially Cripple Catholic Church
June 17, 2012 By
Several states are mulling legislative efforts to lift the statutes of limitations in cases of sex abuse for a one or two-year period. These so-called "window statutes," pushed by left-wing legislators and left-wing pundits, would … [Read more...]
Twisted Logic at Minneapolis Star Tribune: Old Abuse Claims Hinder Bishops’ Religious Liberty
June 13, 2012 By
If any more proof were really needed that the abuse scandals from years ago are only used as a red herring by agenda-driven journalists to attack the Church with respect to other issues, a bleary-eyed piece from Susan Hogan at the … [Read more...]
It’s Not Really About Sex Abuse: More Proof of SNAP’s Hidden Agenda
June 11, 2012 By
More proof has just emerged that the anti-Catholic group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is really more about advancing a left-wing agenda than fulfilling its purported mission "to provide support for men & … [Read more...]
Follow-Up: Rev. Thomas Doyle Now Attacks TheMediaReport.com With Falsehoods In Landmark Suit Against Vatican
June 11, 2012 By
In 2002, Church-bashing attorney Jeff Anderson filed the suit John V. Doe vs. Holy See, an attempt by the contingency lawyer to generate sensational headlines and blame the Vatican for the abuse committed decades ago by a priest in the … [Read more...]
On a Roll: NY Times Again Discovers Abuse Not Just in Catholic Church
June 8, 2012 By
There is a stunning front-page feature article in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine chronicling incredibly sad and gut-wrenching abuse at Horace Mann School, an elite private school in the Bronx area of New York City. The author of … [Read more...]
The Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis in Ireland That Isn’t
June 5, 2012 By
If one were to believe the mainstream media, the Catholic Church in Ireland is reeling from a burgeoning and active network of pedophile priests relentlessly preying on innocent children. However, the recent release of the annual report … [Read more...]
Down the Rabbit Hole: NY Times Now Blasts Cardinal Dolan and Church for Actually Getting Rid of Abusive Priests
May 31, 2012 By
One frequent demand from Catholic Church abuse victims is that abusive clerics be laicized or removed from the priesthood as expeditiously and quickly as possible. So if the Archdiocese of Milwaukee discovered a fast and economical way to … [Read more...]
Landmark Philly Abuse Trial Nears Completion, What the Media Missed
May 30, 2012 By
Closing arguments will begin on Thursday in the high-profile Catholic criminal abuse trial in Philadelphia, and the media is not giving some important facts the attention they deserve. 1. The two trial defendants have already scored … [Read more...]
Not the Catholic Church? LA Times Ignores Shocking Abuse Story
May 24, 2012 By
This week, Los Angeles County law enforcement charged a former third-grade teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) with thirteen counts of sexually molesting children. The criminal complaint alleges felony-level … [Read more...]
