Ignoring the Elephant In the Room: NPR Spins the Facts In Reporting Bankruptcy of Arch. of San Francisco

Ailsa Chang : NPR : Jason DeRose

Why did the Archdiocese of San Francisco just declare bankruptcy? Well, if you listened to a recent segment on taxpayer-funded National Public Radio (NPR) with host Ailsa Chang and the network's "religion correspondent" Jason … [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...]

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...]

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: ProPublica Attacks Church For Being Transparent

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Fact: The Catholic Church is the only institution on the planet where if you are an employee merely accused of wrongdoing from decades ago, your name may end up on a diocesan web site somewhere for the entire world to see as if you were a … [Read more...]

Media Uses Flimsy ‘Dutch Castration’ Story to Smack Catholic Church

The Netherlands

The media are falling over themselves to relay a salacious report that the Catholic Church in the Netherlands may have surgically castrated "as many as 10 young men" over a half a century ago, in the 1950's. Perpetual … [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...]