On Tuesday (10/9/07), the Los Angeles Times published this story about four women reaching a $6.8 million settlement in molestation lawsuits against the Catholic Church's diocese of Orange County, California. The article, by Christine … [Read more...]
Facts, Fairness Out the Window In LA Times Op-Ed Attack On Calif. Bishop
October 2, 2007 By
The harm wrecked upon victims of sexual abuse is real and damaging. That is not an excuse, however, for reckless, false, and misleading reporting about Catholic Church officials. Take the egregiously wobbly op-ed from Monday's Los … [Read more...]
Los Angeles D.A. Steve Cooley Calls Out John Manly For ‘Outrageous Statements’
July 31, 2007 By
During the four o'clock hour of the July 17, 2007, episode of the John & Ken radio show on KFI 640 AM, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley opined on recent statements made by Church-suing attorney John Manly on the … [Read more...]
More Falsehoods From John Manly
July 30, 2007 By
Check out this bogus tale that John Manly told in a radio interview on KABC, July 17, 2007, during the 7 a.m. hour. Manly was claiming that the Catholic Church has retaliated against priests who spoke out during the abuse scandals. The … [Read more...]
John Manly Wrong on Catholicism
July 27, 2007 By
On the four o'clock hour of the John & Ken Show on KFI on July 16, 2007, attorney John Manly said the following: "In Catholicism what we were all taught as kids, at the moment of consecration, when the priest holds up the … [Read more...]
Claims of Innocence By Accused Priests Missing In Coverage of LA Abuse Cases?
July 17, 2007 By
After a Los Angeles judge agreed on Monday (7/16/07) to the $660 million settlement between 508 individuals and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, several plaintiffs stood outside the courthouse in front of a throng of television and newspaper … [Read more...]
Any Way To Make Catholics Look Bad: LA Times Claims Latin Mass ‘Leaving Some Polarized’
July 8, 2007 By
The old-style "Latin Mass" (the "Tridentine Rite") of the Catholic Church was never banned, but it required the permission of a local bishop to be performed. But in a recent announcement, Pope Benedict XVI has … [Read more...]
LA Times Ignores Actor’s Anti-Catholic Remarks; Publishes Priest Crime In Chicago
July 3, 2007 By
The Los Angeles Times has slammed Robin Williams' new film, License To Wed, in a review in today's paper (Wed. 7/3/07). However, the review made no mention of Williams' offensive and bigoted anti-Catholic remarks on The Tonight … [Read more...]
John Manly Voices Falsehoods About Church Abuse Scandal
June 30, 2007 By
During the five o'clock hour of the March 20, 2007, episode of the John & Ken radio show on KFI: 1. Attorney John Manly stated that disgraceful ex-priest Lynn Caffoe "has not been laicized. Now if he has, it's news to … [Read more...]
Only in the LA Times: Infamous Anti-Catholic Touted As a ‘Devout Catholic’
June 23, 2007 By
What do you call a guy who leaves the priesthood, rejects fundamental doctrine of the Catholic Church, and propagates egregious falsehoods about Catholics? If you're the Los Angeles Times, you call him a "Devout Catholic" - in … [Read more...]
