In a letter to Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, the hysterical anti-Catholic group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is now demanding that 61-year-old Msgr. William Lynn, recently acquitted of three criminal charges … [Read more...]
The Non-Conspiracy: Media Provides Fig Leaf for Philly D.A. Who Goes One for Seven in High-Profile Trial, Trumpets Single Conviction
Ten years ... Three grand jury reports ... One trial ... 11 weeks of testimony ... More than 60 witnesses ... A trial judge who gave so much favoritism to one side that she was actually described as "often mistaken for a member of the … [Read more...]
Shock: Is SNAP Advocating Violence Against Elderly Accused Priests?
Why is SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) appearing to support a brutal attack on an elderly priest accused of abuse? On May 10, 2010, Will Lynch, then 43, used a ruse to enter a retirement home for retired priests. He … [Read more...]
SNAP Member: Accused Priest’s Terminal Cancer is a ‘Stalling Tactic’
According to the Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Rev. James Schook has stage IV malignant melanoma, a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer, and he likely has just months to live. Meanwhile, the priest is facing criminal charges … [Read more...]
Kudos: Media Finally Reports That Catholic Church Has a PR Problem With Sex Abuse
While covering the recent bishops' spring conference in Atlanta, a lot of reporters simply saw an opportunity to phone it in and rehash the sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to advance a political agenda. The Los Angeles … [Read more...]
On Front Page, NY Times Trumpets Efforts to Financially Cripple Catholic Church
Several states are mulling legislative efforts to lift the statutes of limitations in cases of sex abuse for a one or two-year period. These so-called "window statutes," pushed by left-wing legislators and left-wing pundits, would … [Read more...]
Twisted Logic at Minneapolis Star Tribune: Old Abuse Claims Hinder Bishops’ Religious Liberty
If any more proof were really needed that the abuse scandals from years ago are only used as a red herring by agenda-driven journalists to attack the Church with respect to other issues, a bleary-eyed piece from Susan Hogan at the … [Read more...]
Follow-Up: Rev. Thomas Doyle Now Attacks TheMediaReport.com With Falsehoods In Landmark Suit Against Vatican
In 2002, Church-bashing attorney Jeff Anderson filed the suit John V. Doe vs. Holy See, an attempt by the contingency lawyer to generate sensational headlines and blame the Vatican for the abuse committed decades ago by a priest in the … [Read more...]
On a Roll: NY Times Again Discovers Abuse Not Just in Catholic Church
There is a stunning front-page feature article in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine chronicling incredibly sad and gut-wrenching abuse at Horace Mann School, an elite private school in the Bronx area of New York City. The author of … [Read more...]