‘We Need To Stand Up For What’s Right’: Leader of Religious Order Publicly Defends Convicted Philly Priest

Rev. James J. Greenfield : Oblates of St. Francis de Sales

Rev. James J. Greenfield, Provincial of the Wilmington-Philadelphia Province of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, is publicly coming to the defense of his fellow priest, Fr. Charles Engelhardt, one of three men recently convicted in the … [Read more...]

Shocker: Even National Catholic Reporter Now Admits That Philadelphia Accuser’s Varying Claims of Abuse Were ‘Utterly Different Versions of Reality’

National Catholic Reporter

The claims of sex abuse made by Philadelphia accuser Dan Gallagher that led to the convictions of two Catholic priests and a school teacher are so wildly outlandish and inconsistent that even one of the most staunch critics of the Church, … [Read more...]

Yet Another Philly STUNNER: Alternate Juror In Priest Abuse Trial Comes Forward, Claims Guilty Verdicts Were ‘A Tragic Miscarriage of Justice’

Ralph Cipriano

In yet another shocking development in the Philadelphia clergy abuse trials, journalist Ralph Cipriano is now exclusively reporting that an alternate juror in the recent trial of Fr. Charles Engelhardt and former teacher Bernard Shero … [Read more...]

Injustice in Philadelphia? Writer Declares Recent Guilty Verdicts Against Priest and Teacher ‘Required the Suspension of All Rational Thought’

Ralph Cipriano

The bizarre and wildly inconsistent claims of sadistic abuse against Philadelphia Catholic priest Fr. Charles Engelhardt and former teacher Bernard Shero were so unbelievable that January's convictions of the two men actually … [Read more...]

Philadelphia Postscript: Media Needs To Examine Shocking Convictions of Philadelphia Catholic Priest and Former Teacher

Mark Cipolletti Asst. Philadelphia D.A.

"I do believe that a Roman collar has become a bull's-eye, that the presumption of guilt has become overwhelming in our society ... "[I] believe that there is child abuse undoubtedly, and it's an insidious and tragic … [Read more...]

Full Disclosure: Prosecutor in Current Philly Abuse Trial Was Feted at Anti-Catholic Group’s Conference Only Last July

Mark Cipolletti Philadelphia D.A.

At the annual conference of SNAP last July in Chicago, one individual whom the group proudly celebrated was Philadelphia Assistant D.A. Mark Cipolletti, a leading prosecutor in the current clergy abuse trial. It is no surprise that the … [Read more...]

Who Is Judge Ellen Ceisler? Writer Notes ‘Deteriorated’ Courtroom During Philly Priest Abuse Trial; Judge Has Radical Connections

Ellen Ceisler :: Judge Ellen Green-Ceisler

In the high-profile criminal trial of Philadelphia's Msgr. William Lynn and Fr. James Brennan last summer, attorneys for the accused priests were left facing a judge, Teresa Sarmina, who was so unfair and biased that she was actually … [Read more...]

Philly Trial SHOCKER: Ex-Priest Recants Historic Guilty Plea; Is Msgr. Lynn In Jail Based On a Crime That Never Happened?

Msgr. William J. Lynn

The conviction of Philadelphia's Msgr. William J. Lynn last June was historic and widely trumpeted by an overheated media, as Lynn became the first member of the Catholic hierarchy to be found guilty in a criminal court for endangering … [Read more...]

Desperate to Stir Up Any Publicity: SNAP Smears TWO Innocent Clerics in Less Than a Week

David Clohessy and Barbara Dorris - SNAP

Is the anti-Catholic group SNAP running out of Catholic clerics to target and resorting to attacking innocent men? It sure seems like it. Even though an abuse accusation against Wheeling, West Virginia, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield was … [Read more...]

New Philly Trial BOMBSHELL: Historic Conviction of Msgr. Lynn May Have Been Based Upon False Confession

Edward V. Avery and Msgr. William J. Lynn

Was the historic conviction in June of Philadelphia's Msgr. William J. Lynn based on a crime that never even happened?! Ralph Cipriano at the Philadelphia Priest Abuse Trial Blog has exclusively reported that a motion filed on Monday … [Read more...]