Sex offending monks have no contact with students … or do they?
From the statement by St. John’s (MN) Abbey regarding the recent release of of the personnel files of five sex-offending monks: “The files provided include those of monks currently living on the...
View ArticleDid Missouri’s taxpayers foot the bill for an out-of-state sex offending priest?
You bet they did. A wealthy Minnesota Catholic religious order and a Catholic-owned rehabilitation hospital engaged in potential Missouri Medicaid insurance fraud to get free health care for a...
View ArticlePrestigious MN prep school/Uni in violation of Title IX for housing sex...
Newly released documents show how St. John’s Prep in Collegeville, MN is in direct violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and created a hostile environment where students can...
View ArticleNew book based on my TEDx Talk to be released Dec. 13
And did I tell you that it will be FREE for the first week? I learned a valuable lesson from The Well-Armored Child. It doesn’t matter how important your message is if no one knows about it. So that’s...
View ArticleMary Dispenza: Split and the search for authentic self
**Listen to the StoryCorps interview here** A clergy abuse survivor, former nun, Catholic elementary school principal, lesbian, gay rights activist, competitive ballroom dancer, and author all walk...
View ArticleMy latest piece in Parenting.com
Protect Your Child from Sexual Predators by Breaking through Stereotypes Read the whole thing
View ArticleThe Power of Responsibility is yours …
For free on Amazon, that is! The Power of Responsibility: Six Decisions That Will Help You Take Back Happiness and Create Unlimited Success—based on my TEDxPasadenaWomen talk—is now available. And the...
View ArticleA perv priest and a public nuisance case: NY in the spotlight
Two unrelated cases in New York State are going to test Catholics’ faith in their leadership. The rest of us are going to get an unprecedented look at how NY church leaders handle cases of sexual...
View ArticleThe Carrot, the Stick, and what two SOL reform initiatives are missing …
The Carrot: Money Last week, the US Senate proposed a bill that would give states money if they enacted legislation that extended or eliminated unexpired statutes of limitation for child sexual...
View ArticleMother Teresa: Sainthood and the Almighty Dollar
Last week, the Vatican announced that Mother Teresa will be made a saint sometime in May 2016. The Macedonian nun founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a religious order whose mission...
View ArticleOC Register 100 Most Influential 2015
This morning, I found out I was named one of Orange County’s “Most Influential” by the Orange County Register. I won’t lie: It’s pretty awesome. Read the whole thing here.
View ArticleFinding grace in living and dying
Felicia Friesema is teaching me to live. Felicia is the wife of my friend Steve Julian. Steve and I met a number of years ago—when his former high school principal was exposed as a predator...
View ArticleMore moves to reform CA sex crime laws
On the heels of proposed federal legislation and a CA ballot initiative to eliminate statutes of limitations for sex crimes, California State Sen. Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) is “seeking to...
View ArticleBill Cosby arrested and charged with sexual assault
Note: it was the release of previously sealed depositions in the CIVIL case against Cosby that finally encouraged Montgomery County, PA prosecutors to file criminal charges. In 2004, when former...
View ArticleCupich: Priest abused BEFORE ordination, so it’s okay
Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich has a lot of explaining to do about why he has allowed a priest—who has admitted to sexually abusing a child—to remain a priest and work with kids. In fact, in...
View ArticleNews Event – January 3, 2016 – LA priest admits abuse, Archdiocese misleads...
NEWS EVENT: Victims to leaflet mass attendees LA Priest admits he repeatedly abused a child But Catholic officials let him work in parishes In 2014, they “quietly removed” him from LA church, misled...
View ArticleSNOW!
Totally off topic, but since it’s my blog, it’s my place for celebration! I live in Southern California. After more than 5 years of BAD local skiing, the SNOW is BACK. I’ll be at Mountain High on...
View ArticleWhy can’t anyone tell the truth about Fr. Bruce Wellems?
On Sunday, the Chicago Tribune ran a page-one piece about the case of Fr. Bruce Wellems, a Chicago priest who admitted to luring a seven-year-old boy from basketball games and then sexually abusing...
View ArticleHow do you solve a problem like Nienstedt?
What do you do with a disgraced bishop, whose involvement in the cover-up of child sexual abuse led to his being forced out (as well as a bankruptcy for his Archdiocese and criminal charges against...
View Article“He created the group to find children to abuse”
Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis has a problem that is never going to go away. Yesterday, a victim of sexual abuse filed the fourth abuse and cover-up lawsuit against the theater...
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