Little-known group aims lobbying effort at sex-assault case loophole
From today’s Orange County Register SCOTT M. REID / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER A little-known group calling itself the California Council of Non-Profit Organizations has been working behind the scenes...
View ArticleSanta Barbara date added to D’Antonio book tour
Here is the complete list of dates: SAN DIEGO, CA Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 7 pm Alliant University, Green Hall, Co-sponsored by IVAT, the Institute on Violence Abuse and Trauma at Alliant...
View ArticleHonolulu Star Advertiser: Victims of church sexual abuse need criminal...
From today’s Honolulu Star Advertiser: Victims of church sexual abuse need criminal lawyers, not therapy By Marilyn Wong The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hawaii, via a newspaper ad that ran Monday, is...
View ArticleNew Showtime series addresses Catholic Clergy Abuse Crisis
I have not seen the series premiere yet, but Showtime is streaming the whole first episode of their new series RAY DONOVAN on YouTube. According to the Facebook page: “Set in the sprawling mecca of the...
View ArticleMORTAL SINS West Coast book tour kicks off tonight in San Diego
Tell your friends! Events like this don’t come along often. If you join us: twenty years from now, you’ll look back on meeting a group of people who set out to change the world for the better … and...
View ArticleWhat will Francis do?
A United Nations’ committee has asked the Vatican to turn over documents pertaining to child sex abuse and cover up. According to The Tablet: The UN’s Geneva-based Committee on the Rights of the Child...
View ArticleTwo colleges. Two sets of allegations. Two results.
Yes, it’s personal. While UConn grabs headlines, will a Michigan college finally remove the admitted child molester on its own music faculty? The Associated Press reports today that UConn music...
View ArticleInstitutions need to get out of the sex abuse investigation business
Your question of the day: You see a child being sexually abused and beaten on a street corner. Whom do you call? Answer: The local university, your bishop, your commander or the leader of the closest...
View ArticleWhat would Bill do?
While many of Pope Francis’ statements are still open for interpretation and follow-up, I am beginning to think that the best part of his papacy will be the fact that, eventually, his views on...
View ArticleWhat if Rosa didn’t take a stand?
In 1955, a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her Montgomery, Alabama bus seat to a white man. But on that day, she did not stand up and shout, “If ALL African Americans can’t have complete and...
View ArticleJoelle and KABC Radio discuss the release of religious order documents in LA
I had the pleasure of being a guest on KABC radio this morning, discussing secret personnel documents finally released by religious orders in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Click here for the audio.
View ArticleVictims like prime rib, too
or Unfair Command Influence, Part 2: The Bully Pulpit, Exclusive Access and a Conviction If you had any questions as to why California’s child sex abuse victims desperately need a civil window, today’s...
View ArticleWhen your district is rife with crime, hold bad guys responsible
Yesterday, CA Assembly Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Diane Harkey voted no on important crime victims legislation—even though a similar 2003 bill exposed horrible abuse in her own district. I...
View ArticleSecond UN Committee Scrutinizes Vatican
The UN Convention Against Torture has announced that it will be reviewing reports by the Holy See to determine if they are in compliance with the international treaty against torture. Other states...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: Committee votes on SB131 tomorrow!
**********************ACTION ALERT****************************** Want to take action TODAY to help victims and protect kids? Here’s how: Tomorrow, Wednesday (8/21), the California State Assembly...
View ArticleSB 131 passes committee: Moves to Assembly floor
The news broke this morning, but I was swamped buying school supplies, picking up kids, and trying to find new size 1 soccer cleats. SB 131, The California Child Victims Act, has passed out of the...
View ArticleFinal score: Business 2, Jesus 0
Jesus has left the building. I have always thought that the Diocese of Orange’s purchase of the former Crystal Cathedral was a good business decision, but a horrible pastoral one. And the bad pastoral...
View ArticleAs SB131 heads to Assembly floor, LA Archdiocese spins and presses
SB 131 – The California Child Victims’ Act – is scheduled for a floor vote in the Assembly soon. And the Archdiocese of LA is pulling out all of the stops. The Archdiocese, in its attempt to defeat the...
View ArticleCongress asking q’s about dirty pool at USA Swimming
Because when you spend big $$ to fight child safety legislation in another state, you begin to look a little guilty … USA Swimming has been forced to commission an independent review of its SafeSport...
View ArticleDamien Memorial Fudges Grant Application, Swindles $1.5 Million from State
What do you do when your umbrella organization files for bankruptcy (to avoid costly sex abuse civil trials); ten of your former teachers are exposed as perpetrators; and at least 15 former students...
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