Catholic Abuse Audit Shows Current Accusations Are Down Again, But Media Highlights Decades-Old Claims

Rachel Zoll

The newly released annual audit of abuse in the Catholic Church reports that only seven credible abuse allegations were made against Catholic priests by current minors in all of 2011. Yet nationally syndicated articles from the Associated … [Read more...]

The Philadelphia Abuse Trial: Media Ignores Key Accuser’s Criminal Past

John P. Martin, Philadelphia Inquirer

Leading journalists are ignoring a critical component of the current high-profile Catholic abuse trial in Philadelphia. Mark Bukowski has accused Rev. James Brennan of raping him as a 14-year-old back in 1996. However, around the very same … [Read more...]

Huffington Post Approves Anti-Catholicism

Writer Larry Doyle: Anti-Catholic

On February 24, 2012, writer Larry Doyle, a contributor for Huffington Post, published an article in which he referred to the Catholic Church as a "Jesus-eating cult," a "pedophile program," and "the tactical arm of … [Read more...]

Shock Revelation: How SNAP, Lawyers, and the Media Conspire Against the Catholic Church

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Newly released court documents in Missouri have exposed an alarming practice by which the advocacy group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), abuse attorneys, and the media conspire against the Catholic Church. These … [Read more...]

NPR Posts Fake Headline to Attack Catholic Church

National Public Radio anti-Catholic

I came across the following alarming headline from National Public Radio (NPR) when searching in Google the other day: “Catholic Church Still Hiding Sexual Predators?” Wow. That is a provocative and disturbing headline, … [Read more...]

Boston Globe Ready for Victory Lap In Anniversary of Clergy Abuse Coverage

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Let the gloating begin. It will soon be ten years to the day that the Boston Globe initiated its widely heralded, full-throttle coverage of the Boston-area clergy scandals, and the paper wants everyone to know about it. Starting on … [Read more...]

SNAP Hypocrisy Shocker: SNAP’s Clohessy Fights Court-Ordered Deposition

David Clohessy

The strident National Catholic Reporter has exclusively reported that a Missouri judge is forcing David Clohessy, the national president of SNAP, to appear at a deposition, and Clohessy is vehemently fighting the order. A judge has told … [Read more...]

Media Touts Dutch Study Claiming 20,000 Catholic Sex Abuse Victims; What Are the Facts?

There has been some news about a recent study from the Netherlands claiming that there have been 20,000 Catholic Church sex abuse victims in that country. However, a closer look at this story reveals that the ‘20,000’ number … [Read more...]

Is Huffington Post the Most Anti-Catholic Mainstream Site on the Internet?

Huffington Post

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...]