Philly Abuse Trial Eye-Opener: Even Professional Church Critic Admits Things Used To Be Different

Rev. Thomas P. Doyle O.P.

Dissident cleric Rev. Thomas P. Doyle took the stand on Thursday (4/12/12) in the high-profile clergy sex abuse trial in Philadelphia as an "expert witness" on canon law for the prosecution's case against the Catholic Church, … [Read more...]

Catholic Abuse Audit Shows Current Accusations Are Down Again, But Media Highlights Decades-Old Claims

Rachel Zoll

The newly released annual audit of abuse in the Catholic Church reports that only seven credible abuse allegations were made against Catholic priests by current minors in all of 2011. Yet nationally syndicated articles from the Associated … [Read more...]

Resignations Filed at Damaged Irish TV Network That Defamed Catholic Priest

Falsely Accused Priest Rev. Kevin Reynolds

Nearly a year after Irish television network RTÉ defamed an innocent Catholic priest, employees connected to the incident have resigned. The resignations are on the heels of a major television scandal that erupted in Ireland last … [Read more...]

Philly Abuse Case Flip-Flop? Serious Doubt Emerges in Charges Against Accused Priests

Monica Yant Kinney

For over a year, the media has whole-heartedly embraced and loudly trumpeted the graphic and shocking details of last year's high-profile Philadelphia grand jury report. The report, which depicted stomach-turning allegations of … [Read more...]

The Usual Suspects: NY Times, Dissident Priest Support Anti-Catholic SNAP With Falsehoods, Attacks on Church

New York Times anti-Catholic bias

The New York Times is again shilling for the Catholic-hating SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) with more false attacks against the Catholic Church. Yesterday (Tue., 3/13/12), the Times plastered a sympatheic, … [Read more...]

NY Times Misleads Readers, Carries Water for SNAP

The New York Times' Laurie Goodstein

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is slowly being exposed as the dishonest and mean-spirited organization that is it, and this reality appears to be upsetting the New York Times. Today's paper (Tue., 3/13/12) has … [Read more...]

*EXCLUSIVE REPORT* Alarming New Evidence May Exonerate Imprisoned Priest

Rev. Gordon J. MacRae 2011

Rev. Gordon J. MacRae, sentenced to 33½ to 67 years, has been in the New Hampshire State Prison For Men since 1994 on abuse charges. Newly released signed statements in a recent court motion contend that the primary … [Read more...]

Hours Before Cardinal Bevilacqua Passed Away, SNAP’s Clohessy Suggested the Cleric Was Faking His Illnesses

David Clohessy SNAP

Less than 36 hours before Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua passed away from lengthy battles with cancer and dementia (he was 88 years old), David Clohessy, the national director of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), suggested … [Read more...]

SNAP’s President Clohessy Could Go To Jail, Appears ‘Shaken and Teary-Eyed’ After Deposition; SNAP Is Reeling

David Clohessy - Barbara Dorris

After nearly six hours of direct questioning at a deposition on Monday (1/2/12), David Clohessy, the national president of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), says that he could end up behind bars. Clohessy is refusing a … [Read more...]

Boston Globe Ready for Victory Lap In Anniversary of Clergy Abuse Coverage

boston-globe-c

Let the gloating begin. It will soon be ten years to the day that the Boston Globe initiated its widely heralded, full-throttle coverage of the Boston-area clergy scandals, and the paper wants everyone to know about it. Starting on … [Read more...]