There have been a few notable developments in recent weeks in the Philadelphia clergy abuse cases. 1. The two current priests (Fr. Charles Engelhardt and Fr. James Brennan), former priest (Edward Avery), and former Catholic school teacher … [Read more...]
SNAP Smears Innocent Woman’s Day Care Business; Will SNAP Apologize?
May 25, 2011 By
The facts on this one are pretty simple. In its crusade to attack the Catholic Church, the controversial advocacy group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) made the startling claim that a "credibly accused child … [Read more...]
NY Times Issues Another Slanted Attack Against Catholic Church
May 21, 2011 By
An analysis of the New York Times' response (a May 19, 2011 editorial) to the Vatican's recent clergy abuse guidelines reveals yet another ill-informed and skewed attack on the Catholic Church. 1. The Times writes that bishops once … [Read more...]
Philly Abuse Panel Chair: Media Has Misrepresented My Article
May 16, 2011 By
Late last week, media outlets seized on a Commonweal magazine article (5/12/11) written by Ana Maria Catanzaro, the chair of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Review Board. The media characterized Catanzaro's article as a direct rebuke of … [Read more...]
CatholicCulture.org Nabs LA Times’ Rutten for Errors
May 6, 2011 By
TheMediaReport.com knows that when Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles takes aim at issues related to the Catholic Church, problems are almost sure to follow. Rutten's recent article (Wed. 5/4/11) is rife with the usual errors and warped … [Read more...]
Divine Mercy Sunday at the Boston Globe: Another Anti-Catholic Hit Piece By Kevin Cullen
May 3, 2011 By
Kevin Cullen's latest article (Sun., 5/1/11) is yet another example of how the Boston Globe's reporting of the Catholic Church abuse narrative has descended into lazy, mean-spirited, and dishonest journalism. The Globe plastered … [Read more...]
Only in the Boston Globe: Voice of the Faithful Simply a ‘Lay Group’
May 1, 2011 By
As more evidence that the Boston Globe refuses to address issues related to the Catholic Church honestly, an article by Lisa Wangsness (Sat. 4/30/11) labels Voice of the Faithful merely as a "lay group." Voice of the … [Read more...]
More Anti-Catholic Falsehoods From NY Times’ Dowd
April 29, 2011 By
Can the New York Times' Maureen Dowd address the topic of the Catholic Church without promulgating falsehoods? It doesn't seem like it. Dowd's recent rant, released on Easter Sunday (Sun. 4/24/11), contains a number of false … [Read more...]
Holy Week at PBS: ‘Frontline’ To Profile Catholic Church Abuse – Again
April 19, 2011 By
As Christians observe Holy Week and the anticipation of Easter, PBS' Frontline program will air another investigation into abuse by clergy of the Catholic Church. In an episode entitled, "The Silence," the program (Tue. … [Read more...]
