Full Disclosure: Prosecutor in Current Philly Abuse Trial Was Feted at Anti-Catholic Group’s Conference Only Last July

Mark Cipolletti Philadelphia D.A.

At the annual conference of SNAP last July in Chicago, one individual whom the group proudly celebrated was Philadelphia Assistant D.A. Mark Cipolletti, a leading prosecutor in the current clergy abuse trial. It is no surprise that the … [Read more...]

Who Is Judge Ellen Ceisler? Writer Notes ‘Deteriorated’ Courtroom During Philly Priest Abuse Trial; Judge Has Radical Connections

Ellen Ceisler :: Judge Ellen Green-Ceisler

In the high-profile criminal trial of Philadelphia's Msgr. William Lynn and Fr. James Brennan last summer, attorneys for the accused priests were left facing a judge, Teresa Sarmina, who was so unfair and biased that she was actually … [Read more...]

Philly Trial SHOCKER: Ex-Priest Recants Historic Guilty Plea; Is Msgr. Lynn In Jail Based On a Crime That Never Happened?

Msgr. William J. Lynn

The conviction of Philadelphia's Msgr. William J. Lynn last June was historic and widely trumpeted by an overheated media, as Lynn became the first member of the Catholic hierarchy to be found guilty in a criminal court for endangering … [Read more...]

** Hollywood vs. The Truth ** HBO’s New Anti-Catholic Documentary ‘Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God’ EXPOSED

Mea Maxima Culpa Silence in the House of God :: anti-Catholic :: critique :: HBO

Factual distortion ... Misleading claims ... Bigoted sources ... Here is the definitive review of Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, a new film by Alex Gibney, scheduled to begin airing on HBO on February 4. Gibney's … [Read more...]

** MEA MAXIMA CULPA: Exposing The Falsehoods of HBO’s New Anti-Catholic Documentary ** Richard Sipe vs. Catholic Teaching: An Angry Ex-Priest Traffics In Bad Theology

Richard Sipe :: A.W. Richard Sipe :: ex-priest :: Benedictine

[Click here for the complete index of our review of Mea Maxima Culpa.] One interview subject that plays a prominent role in HBO's Mea Maxima Culpa is Richard Sipe, a longtime Catholic Church basher. After being a Benedictine monk for … [Read more...]

** MEA MAXIMA CULPA: Exposing The Falsehoods of HBO’s New Anti-Catholic Documentary ** Film Trumpets Debunked 1997 Ireland ‘Smoking Gun’ Letter, Blames Vatican for Rape by Irish Priest Walsh

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God :: Alex Gibney ::

[Click here for the complete index of our review of Mea Maxima Culpa.] A letter that is not 'smoking' In seeking to portray the Catholic Church as callous to the issue of clergy sex abuse, Alex Gibney's Mea Maxima Culpa airs … [Read more...]

** MEA MAXIMA CULPA: Exposing The Falsehoods of HBO’s New Anti-Catholic Documentary ** NYT’s Laurie Goodstein vs. The Facts; More Blunders From the Bigoted Film

Laurie Goodstein New York Times

[Click here for the complete index of our review of Mea Maxima Culpa.] Mischaracterizing facts – again One interview subject that plays a prominent role in Mea Maxima Culpa is New York Times National Religion Correspondent Laurie … [Read more...]

** MEA MAXIMA CULPA: Exposing The Falsehoods of HBO’s New Anti-Catholic Documentary ** Fourth Century Clergy Abuse? More Loopy Claims From Gibney’s Calamity

Alex Gibney :: Mea Maxima Culpa

[Click here for the complete index of our review of Mea Maxima Culpa.] Staggered by its own ambition to browbeat the Catholic Church, HBO's Mea Maxima Culpa whips up a number of wild claims. Clergy abuse in the fourth century? In … [Read more...]

TheMediaReport.com’s Top 10 Posts of 2012 [Part II: The Top 5!]

Jeff Anderson lawyer : Teresa Sarmina lawyer : Laurie Goodstein New York Times : David Clohessy : Arthur Brennan Judge Art Brennan

We close out our great year at TheMediaReport.com with our Top Five posts of 2012! Again, thank you so much to everyone! #5 Minn. Supreme Court Rejects 'Repressed Memory' Junk Science Against Priest, Media Yawns For years now, … [Read more...]

TheMediaReport.com’s Top 10 Posts of 2012 [Part I]

John Manly lawyer : Tom Doyle dissident : Jeff Anderson lawyer : David Clohessy SNAP : Joshua McElwee Catholic

Thank you to everyone for making 2012 the best year ever for TheMediaReport.com – now in its ninth year! Our readership continues to grow dramatically, thanks to you. We are very grateful! We figured we would close out the year with … [Read more...]