News of decades-old abuse by Catholic priests in Australia has now reached down under. The breathless reporting by Australian media, however, presages a media narrative in which reason, facts, and logic are ignored, and the media feeds on … [Read more...]
Hysteria Down Under: As Commission Inquiry Approaches, Writers Warn of Anti-Catholicism in Australian Media Coverage
SHOCK STORY: Notorious Church-Suing Lawyer Obtained Clients by Phoning Parishioners and ‘Fishing for Victims’
Southern California contingency lawyer John Manly, who has pocketed millions of dollars by suing the Catholic Church, has now admitted that his office has obtained clients for abuse lawsuits by making unsolicited phone calls to Catholic … [Read more...]
Contingency Lawyer Saves SNAP Leader From Criminal Contempt Hearing For Violating Court Orders
Last Tuesday, a Missouri judge was minutes away from deciding if David Clohessy, the National Director of the anti-Catholic group SNAP, would be held criminally in contempt of court for failing to produce documents for an important civil … [Read more...]
‘My Worst Nightmare’: Falsely Accused Priest Bemoans Slow Church Response
A number of Irish media outlets have previously relayed the ordeal of Rev. Oliver Brennan, a priest who was falsely accused of sex abuse dating back some thirty years earlier. However, as the Irish Catholic newspaper now reports, while … [Read more...]
Old News Becomes New News? Hollywood Plans Film About Boston Globe’s 2002 Church Abuse Coverage
The Hollywood industry newspaper Variety is reporting that a director has been assigned to command a movie about the Boston Globe's relentless reporting in 2002 about the Catholic Church abuse scandals. Yet again we see that the media … [Read more...]
School Is Back In Session, and the Epidemic of Teacher Sex Abuse Continues Unabated; Predictably, the Media Is Uninterested
A few weeks ago, police arrested Glendale, Arizona, public school teacher John Todorich for luring a minor over the Internet for sex. But the arrest should not have been a surprise. In 2010, three adult witnesses reported that they saw the … [Read more...]
**VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL CONFERENCE** Kooky Judge Anne Burke Channels Dr. Seuss and Cher in Bitter Attack on Catholic Church
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
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
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...]