The popular online site Huffington Post recently relayed a much-seen Associated Press story that Pope Benedict XVI may be in tired and weak health. Below is just a small sample of over 2,100 comments that were posted: “Maybe, if … [Read more...]
Boston Globe Gives School Abuse Kid-Gloves Treatment
The Boston Public Schools community has been rocked by the shocking allegation that one of its schools shuffled a special education aide to another school after suspicion that he may have sexually abused a special needs student. The aide is … [Read more...]
NY Times Ignores Shocking Child Abuse Crimes In Its Backyard
District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, of Kings County, New York, recently announced that in the last three years 85 accused child predators have been arrested in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community. The cases involve at least 117 alleged … [Read more...]
Not the Catholic Church? NY Times Ignores Shocking Hollywood Pedophilia Charges
Recent reports suggest that the Hollywood community has a monstrous child abuse problem on its hands, and the New York Times is remaining silent. Yet when it comes to decades-old allegations against long-deceased Catholic clerics overseas, … [Read more...]
Lawyers Unleashed: Anti-Catholicism Infects Court Filings
1. "I've never seen anything in 30 years of practicing law like this. This is so far over the line, it's in another world." That's a bankruptcy trustee responding to a court filing last month by a Minnesota … [Read more...]
Bravo! Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas Slams SNAP
Kudos to Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, for an excellent interview in the National Catholic Register regarding the recent high-profile case of Bishop Robert Finn. (I highly recommend it.) Archbishop Naumann responded … [Read more...]
Boston Globe Keeps Anti-Catholic Reputation Thriving
Imagine if a newspaper disproportionately and endlessly harped upon decades-old crimes committed by black people. Even if the stories were all true, people would be rightfully outraged at the paper’s overt racism in consistently and … [Read more...]
Falsely Accused Priest Awarded ‘Substantial’ Settlement
After Irish television network RTÉ falsely claimed that Rev. Kevin Reynolds had impregnated a teenage girl and fathered a child in Kenya in the early 1980's, a High Court settlement has arranged that the reckless network will pay … [Read more...]
Irish TV Network Defames Innocent Priest, Issues Apology
Last May, RTÉ, the national television network of Ireland, aired a high-profile, prime-time special entitled, "A Mission to Prey." It was a show designed to lambaste the Catholic Church for sex abuse scandals. The show … [Read more...]
What the Media Got Wrong in the Bishop Finn Case [UPDATED]
Under no circumstances can we defend any wrongdoing by Church officials. Did Kansas City-St. Joseph Bishop Robert W. Finn fail to act quickly and aggressively in his handling of the crimes of Father Shawn Ratigan? Absolutely. Even the … [Read more...]