An opinion article by author Jason Berry in Sunday's Los Angeles Times (11/11/07) claims that United States Catholic bishops "released data [in 2004] showing that they had identified about 4,400 abusive U.S. priests." The … [Read more...]
LA Times, Jason Berry Spreads Church Abuse Falsehoods; Teacher Abuse Study Ignored
November 12, 2007 By
Missing Information From LA Times in Coverage of Church Abuse Suits
October 10, 2007 By
On Tuesday (10/9/07), the Los Angeles Times published this story about four women reaching a $6.8 million settlement in molestation lawsuits against the Catholic Church's diocese of Orange County, California. The article, by Christine … [Read more...]
Facts, Fairness Out the Window In LA Times Op-Ed Attack On Calif. Bishop
October 2, 2007 By
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...]
More Falsehoods From John Manly
July 30, 2007 By
Check out this bogus tale that John Manly told in a radio interview on KABC, July 17, 2007, during the 7 a.m. hour. Manly was claiming that the Catholic Church has retaliated against priests who spoke out during the abuse scandals. The … [Read more...]
John Manly Wrong on Catholicism
July 27, 2007 By
On the four o'clock hour of the John & Ken Show on KFI on July 16, 2007, attorney John Manly said the following: "In Catholicism what we were all taught as kids, at the moment of consecration, when the priest holds up the … [Read more...]
Any Way To Make Catholics Look Bad: LA Times Claims Latin Mass ‘Leaving Some Polarized’
July 8, 2007 By
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
July 3, 2007 By
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’
June 23, 2007 By
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...]
LA Times Admits To False Reporting On Cardinal Mahony
June 13, 2007 By
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...]
LA Times Swoons For Producer of Anti-Catholic Films
April 18, 2007 By
"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...]
