Facts, Fairness Out the Window In LA Times Op-Ed Attack On Calif. Bishop

The harm wrecked upon victims of sexual abuse is real and damaging. That is not an excuse, however, for reckless, false, and misleading reporting about Catholic Church officials. Take the egregiously wobbly op-ed from Monday's Los … [Read more...]

Claims of Innocence By Accused Priests Missing In Coverage of LA Abuse Cases?

After a Los Angeles judge agreed on Monday (7/16/07) to the $660 million settlement between 508 individuals and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, several plaintiffs stood outside the courthouse in front of a throng of television and newspaper … [Read more...]

Any Way To Make Catholics Look Bad: LA Times Claims Latin Mass ‘Leaving Some Polarized’

The old-style "Latin Mass" (the "Tridentine Rite") of the Catholic Church was never banned, but it required the permission of a local bishop to be performed. But in a recent announcement, Pope Benedict XVI has … [Read more...]

LA Times Ignores Actor’s Anti-Catholic Remarks; Publishes Priest Crime In Chicago

The Los Angeles Times has slammed Robin Williams' new film, License To Wed, in a review in today's paper (Wed. 7/3/07). However, the review made no mention of Williams' offensive and bigoted anti-Catholic remarks on The Tonight … [Read more...]

Only in the LA Times: Infamous Anti-Catholic Touted As a ‘Devout Catholic’

What do you call a guy who leaves the priesthood, rejects fundamental doctrine of the Catholic Church, and propagates egregious falsehoods about Catholics? If you're the Los Angeles Times, you call him a "Devout Catholic" - in … [Read more...]

Harvard Professor Smears Catholic Priests With False Claim

Via The Catholic League. In a speech in New York, Harvard professor Jessica Stern reportedly told her audience, "Catholic priests are not stepping up to condemn those who kill abortion doctors." Her comments were reported in … [Read more...]

LA Times Admits To False Reporting On Cardinal Mahony

Check out the very first line from this June 7, 2007, article in the Los Angeles Times (emphasis mine): A judge Wednesday ordered Cardinal Roger M. Mahony to testify in a lawsuit alleging that he failed to protect parishioners from a … [Read more...]

‘Deliver Us From John Manly’: Manly Cited For Egregious Distortion in Documentary Film

Deliver Us From Evil is a 2006 film that purports to be a documentary about the church abuse crisis. Grant Gallicho, an associate editor for Commonweal magazine, penned a critique of the film in November of 2006. It was published by the … [Read more...]

LA Times Swoons For Producer of Anti-Catholic Films

"For Hollywood's sake, he needs to return." "I miss Harvey Weinstein." "[T]he movies he made were full of class." So says Patrick Goldstein in an April 17, 2007, article in the Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Retaliation? After Diocese Criticizes Its Coverage, LA Times Slams Cardinal Mahony

Two weeks ago, we reported (in this NB post) that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles publicly objected to coverage of the priest abuse scandal by the Los Angeles Times. Two articles by the Times in the second half of March contained false … [Read more...]