Google Tags Popular Priest as ‘Pedophile’

Despite the fact that accusations against popular Catholic preacher Father John Corapi have nothing to do with children, Google has tagged news about the cleric into its "Pedophile" category. Searching for the latest news about … [Read more...]

Boston Globe Singles Out Catholic Church – Again

In the past three weeks, the Boston Globe has published not one, but two, articles about the release from prison of a soon-to-be-laicized Jesuit priest, Fr. James F. Talbot. (One article was by the frenetic Joan Vennochi.) The bottom line: … [Read more...]

SNAP Endangered Children: Rather Than Acting to Remove a Molester That Was Still in Ministry, It Went to the New York Times

In a clear violation of its own stated beliefs, the advocacy group SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) did not immediately notify law or church authorities when it received information that an admitted molester was still … [Read more...]

Unfair in Philadelphia? A Closer Look at the 2011 Philadelphia Grand Jury Report

While we must never cease demanding compassion and justice for all victims of clergy abuse, there is strong evidence to believe that the recent high-profile Philadelphia grand jury report has unfairly maligned the Catholic Church. No media … [Read more...]

Media Quiet to Case of Non-Citizen Convicted Child Molester Who Was High School Principal

On Saturday (2/19/11), the Los Angeles Times published an article, "Ex-high school principal gets 8 years for molesting four girls." The case involved Jonas Vital Silverio, who had pleaded no contest to 10 counts of lewd acts on a … [Read more...]

You Say, ‘Child Abuse’; Boston Globe Says, ‘Catholic Church’

This week United States Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) delivered the very sad claim that he was sexually abused by a camp counselor when he was 10 years old. How did the Boston Globe cover this news? As part of its reporting of the story, the … [Read more...]

Hit-and-Run: Media Slams Vatican With Bogus ‘Smoking Gun’ Story

Media outlets have uncritically trumpeted a story that claims a 1997 letter is a "smoking gun" that proves that Vatican officials warned Irish bishops not to report child abuse to civil authorities. In fact, as a cursory look at … [Read more...]

*TheMediaReport.com SPECIAL REPORT* SNAP Uncovered: Shocking Facts About the Media’s Favorite Church-Bashing Group

SNAP Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

Fact 1: A Victims' Support Group Where Support Comes Last SNAP has claimed that the "organization's primary purpose is to provide support for men & women who have been sexually victimized by members of the clergy," … [Read more...]

Andrew Sullivan Tagged for Rampant Falsehoods About Catholic Church, Pope

[HT: Thomas Peters, American Papist at CatholicVote.org] Following a debate the other night with Maggie Gallagher on the topic of gay "marriage," pundit Andrew Sullivan has been cited for airing a number of falsehoods and lies … [Read more...]

Media’s Double Standard Continues When Reporting Child Sex Abuse

Here are two stories from this past week: 1. "A [newly released] General Accountability Office (GAO) investigation has found that people with histories of sexual misconduct are still getting hired by school systems across the [United … [Read more...]