The newly released annual audit of abuse in the Catholic Church reports that only six credible abuse allegations were made against priests by current minors in all of 2012 (out of some 40,000 active priests) and that the "fewest … [Read more...]
Abuse Accusations Lowest Ever According to Annual Audit, But Media Goes Radio Silent
May 15, 2013 By
Shocker: Even National Catholic Reporter Now Admits That Philadelphia Accuser’s Varying Claims of Abuse Were ‘Utterly Different Versions of Reality’
May 9, 2013 By
The claims of sex abuse made by Philadelphia accuser Dan Gallagher that led to the convictions of two Catholic priests and a school teacher are so wildly outlandish and inconsistent that even one of the most staunch critics of the Church, … [Read more...]
Judge Blasts SNAP In Ruling That It Cannot Intimidate and Harass Catholics Worshiping at Sunday Mass
May 1, 2013 By
For the past several years, a regular tactic of the anti-Catholic group SNAP has been to angrily accost and hassle prayerful Catholics as they attend Mass on Sunday. While protesting various aspects of the Church's handling of the … [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
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...]
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...]
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...]
Bravo: Bishops Respond to Media Bias and Inaccuracies
February 25, 2013 By
Ever since Pope Benedict announced his resignation, the media has given a special voice to the usual cadre of anti-Catholic bigots and malcontents lashing out at the Church over the decades-old abuse issue. However, in what may be the … [Read more...]
