Lunacy Down Under: Australian Court Now Says Family of Dead Accuser Can Sue Church For Abuse That Now-Deceased Cardinal Pell Never Committed

Cardinal George Pell

You can't make this up. To begin, Cardinal George Pell never abused anybody. In fact, Australian law enforcement officials even admitted in court that they began an investigation into Pell in 2013 even though there were not any criminal … [Read more...]

The Great Shakedown Keeps A-Rollin’: Phony Claims Continue at Epic Pace, Here Are The Facts

False accusations against Catholic priests

The legacy media will never admit this, and the professional victims' groups will outright lie. But the facts are the facts. Bogus abuse accusations against Catholic priests are now off the charts. Fraud being perpetrated against the … [Read more...]

More Falsely Accused Priests Finally Returned To Ministry

Rev. Michael O’Brien : Msgr. Peter Popadick : Rev. John Clemens : Rev. Paul Guzman

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the diocesan review boards formed by the Dallas Charter 23 years ago, while originally well intentioned, have become a virtual dragnet for specious, unfounded claims from decades prior in which … [Read more...]

Same Old Story: Accused Priest Is Cleared, Boston Globe Goes Mum

Rev. Msgr. Francis V. Strahan

The claims were ludicrous from the beginning. Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan (Massachusetts) and an anonymous accuser wanted the public to suspend all common sense and somehow believe that Rev. Msgr. Francis V. Strahan of the … [Read more...]

Unintended Consequences: Dallas Charter Leaves Innocent Priests In Limbo

Rev. William C Graham : Rev. Pascal Pat Ipolito : Rev. Michel Mulloy : Anonymous

It might be human nature. Humans seem incapable of correcting one problem without overcorrecting to the point that they create another, opposite problem. So seems to be the case with the United States bishops' 2002 "Dallas … [Read more...]

Twice Is a Charm? Wall St. Journal Again Profiles Stunning Case of Wrongfully Convicted Priest Fr. Gordon MacRae

Harvey Silverglate : WSJ : Rev. Gordon MacRae

For the second time this past decade – and at least the fourth time since 2005 – the Wall Street Journal has taken up the case of Fr. Gordon J. MacRae, who has, quite unbelievably, been serving a 33½-to-67 year sentence in a … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Shocker: Veteran Sex Abuse Investigator Reports Archdiocese Paid Out Settlements on Bogus Abuse Claims

Catholic Church shakedown

In a new bombshell article by Matt C. Abbott at RenewAmerica, a veteran private investigator/child abuse advocate confirms what many of us have known for a long while now: The Catholic Church has paid out cash settlements on countless bogus … [Read more...]