Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, and sometimes you can judge a book by the author's radio interviews. Appearing on a St. Louis radio program hawking a new book about the Catholic abuse scandals, writer Michael … [Read more...]
Same Old, Same Old: New Book About Catholic Abuse Scandals Misstates Facts, Lauds the Abuse Industry, and Polishes Well-Worn Stereotypes
April 25, 2013 By
What is ‘Teacher Jail’? L.A. Daily News Exposes Widening Sex Abuse Scandal in Los Angeles Public Schools; Mainstream Media is Indifferent
April 17, 2013 By
Ever heard of "teacher jail"? We had never heard of it, either, until Barbara Jones at the Los Angeles Daily News reported that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has removed nearly 300 teachers from its classrooms at … [Read more...]
BishopAccountability.org EXPOSED [Part II]: Broadcasting Rumor and Innuendo to Trample the Innocent and the Dead [**UPDATE, 3/2018**]
April 11, 2013 By
Visitors to the home page of BishopAccountability.org are greeted with the name of the site and the tag line, "Documenting the Abuse Crisis in the Roman Catholic Church." Prominently displayed on the top of the home page is a … [Read more...]
A Headline in Search of a Story: Old Abuse Claims Are ‘New’ to the Chicago Tribune
April 11, 2013 By
Last Sunday's splashy headline on the front page of the Chicago Tribune darkly warned readers, "Priest cases show abuse issues persist." From the headline and the ensuing 2,100-word article about the Diocese of Joliet … [Read more...]
BishopAccountability.org EXPOSED: The Self-Professed Chroniclers of Abuse Smearing Innocent Priests
April 4, 2013 By
When the media needs a quote to bash the Catholic Church for abuse from a half-century ago, one predictable source it often turns to is BishopAccountability.org. The Massachusetts-based BishopAccountability.org professes to act as a sort … [Read more...]
Yet Another Philly STUNNER: Alternate Juror In Priest Abuse Trial Comes Forward, Claims Guilty Verdicts Were ‘A Tragic Miscarriage of Justice’
March 27, 2013 By
In yet another shocking development in the Philadelphia clergy abuse trials, journalist Ralph Cipriano is now exclusively reporting that an alternate juror in the recent trial of Fr. Charles Engelhardt and former teacher Bernard Shero … [Read more...]
Gaining Some Perspective on the Papal Election: Chicago Tribune Notes Pope Francis Is a ‘Humble New Leader’ For a Church That Is a ‘Voice of Multimillennial Values’
March 19, 2013 By
It should go without saying that the Catholic Church, its teachings, and its many organizations greatly impact the lives of not only its 1.2 billion members but also the world as a whole. Thus the election of Pope Francis – the 266th … [Read more...]
Major Media Finally Admits: Sex Abuse Story Is Now So Dated That Professional Victims’ Groups Are Shrinking and Disappearing
March 13, 2013 By
It seems that the mission of bludgeoning the Catholic Church for abuse episodes from a half century ago is not as thriving as it used to be. Few major media outlets have overplayed and exaggerated the abuse narrative more than the … [Read more...]
Finally: Major Media Outlet Reveals the Media’s Hidden Agenda Behind Its Obsession With Abuse in the Catholic Church
March 6, 2013 By
It may have been a first. In what may have been the first time ever on a major television outlet, two popular TV personalities finally revealed that the media's never-ending obsession with decades-old episodes in the Church actually … [Read more...]
Injustice in Philadelphia? Writer Declares Recent Guilty Verdicts Against Priest and Teacher ‘Required the Suspension of All Rational Thought’
March 6, 2013 By
The bizarre and wildly inconsistent claims of sadistic abuse against Philadelphia Catholic priest Fr. Charles Engelhardt and former teacher Bernard Shero were so unbelievable that January's convictions of the two men actually … [Read more...]
