Another Wave of Falsely Accused Priests Returned to Ministry

Rev. Thomas J. Wopperer : Rev. Martin H. Demek : Rev. Michael Scully : Rev. Robert G. Beiter

As we have written many times, the diocesan review boards formed by the Dallas Charter 20 years ago, while originally well intentioned, have become a virtual dragnet for specious, unfounded claims from decades prior in which the due process … [Read more...]

Another Anti-Catholic Media Hoax Exposed: News of ‘Unmarked Graves’ In Canada Revealed As a Fraud

60 Minutes : Anti-Catholic unmarked graves hoax : Anderson Cooper

It is yet another case of media hysteria getting ahead of the facts. In May of 2021, media outlets around the world broadcast shocking news: Catholic-operated schools for indigenous children in Canada had years ago dumped hundreds of dead … [Read more...]

On 20th Anniversary of ‘The Dallas Charter’, Newark Msgr. Begs Bishops For Justice for Accused Priests

Msgr. Paul Bochicchio

In a recent impassioned letter in the Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Msgr. Paul L. Bochicchio of the Archdiocese of Newark implored the leadership of the Church in the United States to address the grave injustices being committed against … [Read more...]

Facts Don’t Matter: Authors of Sloppy French Abuse ‘Report’ Stand by Its Figure of 300,000 Alleged Victims Despite Admitting ‘Weaknesses’

French Catholic abuse report

After the release of a shoddy report from France last October claiming that some "300,000" people were sexually abused by Catholic priests and lay workers in past decades, we thought we might have been the only ones to speak out … [Read more...]

Giving Comfort to the Enemy: Catholic Media Gives Life Support to Anti-Catholic Hate Group

Zach Hiner : SNAP : David-Clohessy

After a scandal-ridden series of events back in 2017, you would not be alone to think that the group SNAP faded off into oblivion. Its media profile in the past few years has been practically nonexistent. But now the most anti-Catholic … [Read more...]

Monkey See, Monkey Do: Another State AG Releases an ‘Abuse Report,’ and the Media Is Hysterical – Again

Fred Hiatt : Doug Peterson : Will Bauer

Following the international frenzy three years ago surrounding the Pennsylvania grand jury report against the Catholic Church, attorneys general across the country looked on with envy at the glowing media attention that Attorney General … [Read more...]

Stick a Fork In It: Time to Finally End the Annual Copy-and-Paste Church Abuse Reports

2020 USCCB CARA annual abuse report

Once again, this year's newly released annual audit report by United States bishops about abuse in the Catholic Church amplifies the rampancy of false accusations, suspicious and unprovable allegations against dead priests, dubious … [Read more...]

**MEDIA FACT SHEET** What You Didn’t Know About McCarrick’s Kooky Accuser

Mitchell Garabedian : Theodore McCarrick : James Grein

This coming Thursday, October 28, ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, now age 91, is scheduled to appear in Dedham District Court in Massachusetts for the second time on the charge that he sexually abused Virginia resident James Grein, now age … [Read more...]

Sloppy Clergy Abuse Report From France Stirs Up Bigots in Public Radio

Anne Barrett Doyle : PRI The World PRX : Marco Werman

A recently released, poorly sourced report out of France alleging abuse by priests committed many decades ago has predictably created the usual media circus of unhinged accusations and hysterical claims by haters of the Church. And among … [Read more...]

Another Wave of Falsely Accused Priests Returned to Ministry

Fr. Michael Pfleger : Fr. Larry Sullivan : Fr. Joseph Bradley : Fr. Patrick Sullivan

In the past several weeks, a number of falsely accused priests were finally returned to ministry despite the extremely liberal and nebulous standards used by diocesan review boards of whether the allegations against them were deemed merely … [Read more...]