In a eye-opening comment on a blog, California attorney John Manly appears to let it slip that his work on behalf of clients who claim to have been abused by Catholic priests is really all about the money. Manly and a blogger going by the … [Read more...]
Degree of Coverage in LA Times of Sex Abuse Depends On Vocation of Abuser
December 2, 2008 By
On the top of its front page on Monday (12/1/08), the Los Angeles Times splashed a story about monuments and tributes being built around the country for victims of sex abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy. As always, the stories of abuse … [Read more...]
Not the Catholic Church? (Part III): LA Times Misses Further Sex Abuse Charges Against School Aide
October 18, 2008 By
A man who was a special education aide for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) "already accused of videotaping himself molesting teenage girls in his private basketball program," was charged October 17 with … [Read more...]
LA Times Fails To Identify Public Activism of Letter Writers
December 16, 2007 By
Fervent liberalism is not the only thing that's predictable at the Los Angeles Times. You can bet that when the Times publishes a news article on the Church abuse scandal, rabid letters to the editor that bash the Church will follow a … [Read more...]
Reader Writes About Clergy Abuse Story In Way That LA Times Staff Won’t
November 18, 2007 By
We have reported several times on the negligent reporting by the Los Angeles Times on the Catholic Church abuse scandal. (See here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.) Last week, we reported on a glaring error about the scandal in an … [Read more...]
LA Times, Jason Berry Spreads Church Abuse Falsehoods; Teacher Abuse Study Ignored
November 12, 2007 By
An opinion article by author Jason Berry in Sunday's Los Angeles Times (11/11/07) claims that United States Catholic bishops "released data [in 2004] showing that they had identified about 4,400 abusive U.S. priests." The … [Read more...]
Missing Information From LA Times in Coverage of Church Abuse Suits
October 10, 2007 By
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...]
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...]
LA Times Admits To False Reporting On Cardinal Mahony
June 13, 2007 By
Check out the very first line from this June 7, 2007, article in the Los Angeles Times (emphasis mine): A judge Wednesday ordered Cardinal Roger M. Mahony to testify in a lawsuit alleging that he failed to protect parishioners from a … [Read more...]
