Height of Hypocrisy: Philly D.A.’s Office Fights Open Records Request By TheMediaReport.com

Philadelphia D.A. Seth Williams

The Philadelphia clergy abuse trial this past year was historic, but not just for the conviction of Msgr. William Lynn for the mistakes he made back in the 1990s. After ten years of investigations and three grand juries, the only jury … [Read more...]

Philly Inquirer Rebroadcasts Wholly Discredited Claim of Abuse Against Bishop

John P. Martin Philadelphia Inquirer

Witnesses have now come forward to thoroughly discredit a specious claim that Wheeling, West Virginia, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield committed abuse decades ago, yet one would hardly know this from reading the Philadelphia Inquirer, which … [Read more...]

SNAP Misses Beam in Its Own Eye While Demanding That Philly Priest be ‘Defrocked’

David Clohessy SNAP

In a letter to Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, the hysterical anti-Catholic group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is now demanding that 61-year-old Msgr. William Lynn, recently acquitted of three criminal charges … [Read more...]

The Non-Conspiracy: Media Provides Fig Leaf for Philly D.A. Who Goes One for Seven in High-Profile Trial, Trumpets Single Conviction

Msgr William Lynn family - June 22, 2012

Ten years ... Three grand jury reports ... One trial ... 11 weeks of testimony ... More than 60 witnesses ... A trial judge who gave so much favoritism to one side that she was actually described as "often mistaken for a member of the … [Read more...]

Landmark Philly Abuse Trial Nears Completion, What the Media Missed

Philadelphia's St. Jerome Church

Closing arguments will begin on Thursday in the high-profile Catholic criminal abuse trial in Philadelphia, and the media is not giving some important facts the attention they deserve. 1. The two trial defendants have already scored … [Read more...]

Philly Abuse Trial Eye-Opener, Media Yawns

Philadelphia map

You would never know it from the media coverage, but the defendants won a significant victory in the high-profile criminal abuse trial in Philadelphia last Thursday. As the prosecution rested its case, Judge M. Teresa Sarmina dismissed … [Read more...]

Unfair in Philly? Kudos to Journalist Who Exposes Trial Judge’s Bias

Ralph Cipriano

Kudos to veteran journalist Ralph Cipriano, who is raising questions about the impartiality of the judge presiding over the high-profile Catholic clergy criminal abuse trial in Philadelphia. Covering the trial for the Philadelphia Priest … [Read more...]

Philly Trial Judge Betrays Impartiality Again? Where’s the Media? [w/ UPDATE: another eye-opener]

Teresa Sarmina

It would not be the first time that Judge Teresa Sarmina appeared to betray her duty of fairness while presiding at the high-profile Catholic clergy abuse trial in Philadelphia. Today, with the jury out of the room, during a debate on … [Read more...]

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...]

The Philadelphia Abuse Trial: Media Ignores Key Accuser’s Criminal Past

John P. Martin, Philadelphia Inquirer

Leading journalists are ignoring a critical component of the current high-profile Catholic abuse trial in Philadelphia. Mark Bukowski has accused Rev. James Brennan of raping him as a 14-year-old back in 1996. However, around the very same … [Read more...]