They Knew. And They Honored Him Anyway.
Dozens of predators. Decades of cover-up. Serving survivors with subpoenas. I didn’t think that Mater Dei High School and the Diocese of Orange could top themselves. But alas … Today’s example: The...
View ArticleThe Diocese Subpoenaed a Survivor. What That Says About Institutional Reform.
You cannot hate Mater Dei High School or the Diocese of Orange enough. There is a particular kind of audacity that only large institutions seem capable of: It’s the audacity of an institution that...
View ArticleCrossing the Line Episode 2: Investigative Journalism and the Hidden Stories...
One of the reasons I created the Crossing the Line podcast was to explore a difficult truth: many of the most important stories about abuse in schools come to light only because someone with a special...
View ArticleCrossing the Line Ep: 1—Faith Colson and the Power of Survivor Advocacy
One of the reasons I created the Crossing the Line podcast was simple: some of the most important voices in the movement to protect students are voices that the public rarely hears in depth. Episode...
View ArticleIntroducing the Crossing the Line Podcast
Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of hosting a series of conversations for NCSESAME with some of the leading thinkers, researchers, survivors, and advocates working to prevent sexual...
View ArticleDoes a new federal law apply to diocese lay review boards?
Here are a boatload of questions for you: Last week, Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Speak Out Act. According to PBS Newshour: President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation curbing the use of...
View ArticleSanta Rosa Catholic Diocese to Declare Bankruptcy
First CA diocese ducks for cover as a result of AB 218 It was inevitable. And there is SO MUCH to unpack. In a statement last week, Diocese of Santa Rosa Bishop Robert Vasa said that the northern...
View ArticleIt’s Gonna be a Bad Year for Predator Celebrities
Yesterday, five women sued Bill Cosby for sexual in New York State under that state’s new “Adult Victims Act.” The law, which gives adult survivors of sexual assault a one-year window to use the civil...
View ArticleComing Soon
I was asked to contribute a chapter in an upcoming book on healing wisdom for survivors. Pre-orders on how to break the “victim mentality” coming soon! Be sure to check back. The post Coming Soon...
View ArticleIs your NorCal priest on the list?
The allegations are gruesome: The Rev. Watt was accused in a lawsuit of taking an altar boy in the mid-1970s to gay bars in San Francisco, getting him drunk, sexually abusing him and telling him,...
View ArticleSchool for Scandal 101: Santa Ana’s Mater Dei High School
Recent hazing and violence lawsuits against Mater Dei have alerted a lot of noses to a stink that has been brewing for years: decades of child sexual abuse, hazing, and cover-up at the infamous high...
View ArticleDo you know your rights in New Jersey? [video]
I had the honor to host a survivor-centric informercial on victims' rights in New Jersey. If you were sexually abused as a child in that state, you need to watch - time is running out. The post Do you...
View ArticleChildhood Sexual Abuse and Food Part One: Why do I have gut issues?
Healing your heart and your mind often starts with making peace with your body (and, as a result. how you nourish that body). In the next series of blog posts, I am going to do a deep dive into the big...
View ArticleThe PODCAST is UP!
PLEASE LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, AND SHARE! You asked. I answered. The PODCAST is finally here. Join me at the SpotTheLine table of experts as we talk about Andrew Cuomo, the fascinating history of Sexual...
View ArticleDiocese of Orange snags more than $24 mil in PPP loans
Today, the Associated Press released a blockbuster article about how the Catholic Church in the United States has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in PPP loans, despite a lack of need. In...
View ArticleA Day of Reckoning for the Boy Scouts
If you think 2020 isn’t going well for you, take a look at the Boy Scouts: it’s estimated that up to 50,000 victims of child sexual abuse could come forward in the Chapter 11 Boy Scout bankruptcy....
View ArticleDiocese of Fresno promised us a list of accused priests. Where is it?
Fresno Bishop Joseph V. Brennan promised a list. Did he think we forgot? Now that my white paper on the sexual abuse of women in the Catholic Church is complete—and getting a great response—I am...
View ArticleWhat if women comprised 50% of sex abuse victims in the Catholic Church?
What if the cornerstone of our conventional wisdom about the victims of the Catholic Church and clergy sex abuse crisis was wrong? What if, in a statistically viable sample of survivors of abuse in the...
View ArticleArizona Child Victims’ Act: Two New Lawsuits Filed
The Arizona Child Victims’ Act has not been in the headlines much—Covid and the elections have stolen most of the news airtime in that state. Don’t let the quiet fool you: Arizona’s Catholic Bishops...
View ArticleWhere does “forgiveness” come from?
Since I began discussing forgiveness as the topic of my new book project, I have had a number of very smart friends send over great research materials. One person pointed out the two Greek words used...
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