Stalking Ex-Employees? AP Advances Dumb Premise In Search of a Storyline

Claudia Lauer : Associated Press : Meghan Hoyer

Imagine you work for an organization and that organization has a non-legal, ad hoc process whereby it decided whether you "could have" committed misconduct in your past. And if you were found "credibly accused" – … [Read more...]

*QUICK HITS* Two Falsely Accused Priests Fight Back and Win!

Rev. William Nolan : Rev. William Graham

We are happy to report two new developments in cases of falsely accused priests: 1. A jury in Wisconsin swiftly acquitted Rev. William Nolan after a 26-year-old accuser made the astonishing claim that Nolan had abused him well over a 100 … [Read more...]

**SPECIAL INVESTIGATION** Church Militant and Buffalo Reporter Charlie Specht Target an Innocent Priest to Boost Their Audience

Charlie Specht WKBW : bad reporting : Michael Voris Church Militant

We've already busted Buffalo TV reporter Charlie Specht for flat-out lying about an abuse accusation at a non-existent Walmart in the 1980s, and there is still plenty more to tell about the crooked Specht. But for now let's look at … [Read more...]

*SPECIAL REPORT* The Diocese of Buffalo ‘Crisis’ and Three Simple Facts That The Media Won’t Tell You

Siobhan O'Connor : Matthew Bojanowski : Charlie Specht

The way the media would have you believe, Buffalo-area Catholics are in a frenzy and demading the head of Bishop Richard Malone on a platter because he has grossly mishandled cases regarding abusive clergy. But is what the media telling … [Read more...]

**BUSTED** Buffalo TV Reporter Charlie Specht Airs Impossible Abuse Claim Against Priest, Then Lies About It

Charlie Specht : WKBW busted

In an October 2018 story on Buffalo station WKBW-TV, reporter Charlie Specht breathlessly broadcasted the claims from a man that Fr. Joseph Gatto of the Diocese of Buffalo sexually groped him "in the 1980s" while the two were … [Read more...]

**CON JOB** Dirty Buffalo Reporter Edits Messages to Portray Priest as a ‘Predator’

Charlie Specht : reporter WKBW

Just when we thought the media could not stoop any lower to hype up a story about the Catholic Church, along comes Charlie Specht, an "investigative reporter" at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, to set the bar even lower. In a recent report, … [Read more...]

Priceless: ‘Rally’ Against Buffalo’s Bishop Malone Draws Only 3 People, But TV Station Makes It the Lead Story

Buffalo Bishop Malone protest

The recent breathless reporting at WKBW-TV in Buffalo about Bishop Richard Malone and his handling of accusations of abuse by priests from decades ago would have you believe that Catholics in Buffalo are so up in arms that they are ready to … [Read more...]

The Latest Ticket To Riches: Suing a Priest

Bishop Robert Guglielmone : South Carolina

If one needs any more proof that suing the Catholic Church is now seen by many people as an easy, no-risk way to snag a nice bundle of cash, look no further than this latest fraud out of South Carolina. A man now accusing Diocese of … [Read more...]

Scandal Alert: AP Attacks Nonprofit For – Gasp! – Helping Accused Priests

Garance Burke : Martha Mendoza : Juliet Linderman : Associated Press

It is truly hard to imagine a worse piece of sleazy journalism than this week's lengthy hit piece by the Associated Press targeting Opus Bono Sacerdotii, a small nonprofit that has been providing support to accused Catholic priests … [Read more...]

SHOCKER: Chicago Public Schools Received *Three* Sexual Misconduct Complaints *Every School Day* This Year

School sex abuse

If it involved Catholic priests, the international news media would be in a state of acute apoplexy for months or even years penning one breathless story after another about the imminent end of the Catholic Church. But these are not … [Read more...]