In a dreadful August 16, 2010, article in the perpetually anti-Catholic Boston Globe, the paper failed to correct high-profile Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel when he falsely claimed that Pope Pius XII "did nothing to protest" the … [Read more...]
Part III: ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ (2006): Even More Factual Errors
Even the simplest facts presented in the film are problematic. Director Amy Berg published several falsehoods on the screen that appear as captions: “Over 100,000 victims of clergy sexual abuse have come forward in the United … [Read more...]
Part II: ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ (2006): A Fallacious Attack on Cardinal Roger Mahony
In the film director Amy Berg often interviews serial abuser Oliver O’Grady inside a church about his disgraceful crimes. Berg overlays graphic descriptions of stomach-turning abuse with images of the Mass and other Catholic imagery. … [Read more...]
Part I: ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ (2006): Serious Problems With Facts
Even before the first frame of film was exposed, director/writer Amy Berg took a dishonest approach to her project. Berg and her staff approached an elementary school in Ireland under the false pretense that they were filming a documentary … [Read more...]
John Manly Lies Again, This Time on HDNet
Appearing on an episode of Dan Rather Reports on television network HDNet (episode number: 522; title: "Spiritually Bankrupt"; debut: June 29, 2010), attorney John Manly once again exposed his utter disregard for facts. This time, … [Read more...]
National Catholic Reporter’s Tom Roberts Opposes Bible, Jesus, and Church
Good ... grief. Shouldn't a writer for a self-professed Catholic newspaper actually know a few things about Catholicism? Tom Roberts' November 9 post for the liberal National Catholic Reporter is so rife with errors, falsehoods, … [Read more...]
In Boston Globe, Harvard Prof. Equates Conservative Christians and Murderous Muslims
In a bleary-eyed opinion article in the Sunday Boston Globe (11/8/09), Harvard divinity professor Harvey Cox denounces religious "fundamentalism." In doing so, he places mass-murdering Muslims from the Middle East on the same … [Read more...]
NY Times Dowd’s Anti-Catholic Piece is Riddled With Errors, Deceptions
The New York Times's Maureen Dowd spent some time in Catholic school as a youth, but judging from her latest rant/column, she didn't learn too much about actual Catholicism. Dowd's anti-Catholic screed reveals that of someone … [Read more...]
Clueless on Catholicism VII: LAT Still Airs Falsehoods About Catholic Faith
In a recent news article (Fri. 10/23/09) and a pea-brained editorial (Sat. 10/24/09) regarding Anglicans joining the Catholic Church, the Los Angeles Times again displays its utter ignorance of the Catholic faith. The Times' editorial … [Read more...]
Awful: LA Times Uses Obituary Page To Gloat About Catholic Church Misdeeds
The Los Angeles Times has joyfully discovered a way to keep the clergy misdeeds of the Catholic Church forever in the minds of its readers and the public: the obituary page. Take a look at the obituary of former bishop G. Patrick Ziemann. … [Read more...]