Another Wave of Falsely Accused Priests Returned to Ministry

Fr. Michael Pfleger : Fr. Larry Sullivan : Fr. Joseph Bradley : Fr. Patrick Sullivan

In the past several weeks, a number of falsely accused priests were finally returned to ministry despite the extremely liberal and nebulous standards used by diocesan review boards of whether the allegations against them were deemed merely … [Read more...]

Useful Idiot Alert: Dissident America Magazine Grateful to Anti-Catholic Bigots at The Boston Globe

Eileen Markey : Lehman College

In January of 2002, as its 'Spotlight Team' carpet-bombing campaign against the Catholic Church reached a fever pitch, the Boston Globe published a splashy front-page article claiming that when a concerned woman wrote to Cardinal … [Read more...]

It Was Never About Abuse: Famed Boston Globe Abuse Reporter Rezendes Finally Comes Clean

Mike Rezendes : Associated Press

We have said it many times: It is not about what it claims to be about. Simply put, the media's single-minded obsession over abuse in the Church from decades ago has almost nothing to do with abuse and everything to do with the … [Read more...]

Media Is Predictably Indifferent As Rock Star Sting Accused of Rape [w/ Court Docs]

Sting Police Arizona rape allegation 1979

When rocker singer Sting was recently accused in a lawsuit of raping a 15-year-old girl back in 1979, media critic Roger Friedman swiftly ran to the star's defense and boldly asserted that the claim was "preposterous" and that … [Read more...]

Groundhog Day Again at the NY Times as McCarrick Report Triggers Prebirth Flashback of the 1980s for Columnist Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig : NY Times

Writer Elizabeth Bruenig at the New York Times may have been born in 1990, but in an appearance on PBS NewsHour to promote a pair of articles she wrote for the Times about the much-hyped McCarrick Report, Bruenig spoke of Catholic Church … [Read more...]

INTRODUCING THE NEW BOOK: The Greatest Fraud Never Told: False Accusations, Phony Grand Jury Reports, and the Assault on the Catholic Church

The Greatest Fraud Never Told : David F. Pierre, Jr.

Bogus abuse claims against Catholic priests are rampant, and the new book from David F. Pierre, Jr. of TheMediaReport.com is now here to tell the side of the Catholic Church abuse story that the media has not told you. In this … [Read more...]

Sleazy Buffalo TV Reporter Charlie Specht Misleads His Viewers Again

Charlie Specht : reporter Buffalo WKBW

WKBW-TV reporter Charlie Specht in Buffalo has an impressive resume when it comes to dodgy "journalism" and calumny against the Catholic Church. We have already reported how Specht has previously: defamed an innocent … [Read more...]

Always a Good Time For a Church Bashing: NY’s Cuomo Extends Time To File Lawsuits Against Church

Andrew Cuomo

Civil lawsuits always carry statutes of limitations. After a certain time has passed, you can't bring a lawsuit anymore, as it becomes impossible for the defendant to defend himself. It's just not fair. But when it comes to the … [Read more...]

*Hypocrisy Alert* Celebrity Abusers Celebrated While Accused Catholic Priests Shunned For Life

Paula Poundstone : Michael Jackson : Peter Yarrow

Thanks to the media, even a mere accusation of sexual abuse committed by a priest long ago will irreparably shatter the livelihood of that priest. No matter how flimsy or how long ago the accusation, a priest is always presumed guilty in … [Read more...]

Two More Priests Cleared of Phony Accusations

Rev. Peter Karalus : Rev. Thomas Lisowski

Good News Alert! The Diocese of Springfield (Massachusetts) has now returned Rev. Thomas Lisowski to active ministry after he was ripped from his parish last November amidst a claim of "inappropriate behavior involving a vulnerable … [Read more...]