The Well-Armored Child – FLASH SALE!
THE WELL-ARMORED CHILD – the book that is being hailed as the “definitive child safety manual” – is on sale for only 99 cents (YAY!) for the Kindle and Nook. You can get the Kindle version here....
View ArticleSt. John’s, document dumps, and child victims
or … The proof is in the paper, but only if you can find it. And the monks at St. John’s want to make sure you never find it. Today, Minnesota Public Radio announced that St. John’s Abbey in...
View ArticleHawaii Civil Window update
60 sex abuse cases 29 settlements 1 stingy insurance company Things have been pretty quiet in Hawaii. And because of a new lawsuit, we now know why. The Diocese of Honolulu today sued one of its...
View ArticleHawaii civil window update, part II: Kamehameha Schools get slammed
I wasn’t joking when I said it was a big day for the Hawaii civil window for victims of child sexual abuse. First, we found out that the Diocese of Honolulu is suing its insurer, exposing the...
View ArticleCatholics who stopped “sitting back and taking it”
There are two very amazing and interesting aspects of today’s news about disgraced Twin Cities Archbishop John Nienstedt. After national media attention and huge (and righteous) push back from...
View Article“Baby-buying” seminarian rejected by 45 dioceses, orders
What made the Stubenville diocese take a potential seminarian that 45 other dioceses and religious orders had previously rejected? Joel Wright is the 23-year-old Catholic seminarian who has been...
View ArticleDiscussing the scandal on The Bigger Picture
Click here to hear my interview with Timothy Spangler on KRLA 870 AM. We talk about abuse, cover-up, and the Vatican’s role in the continuing scandal. I start at 29:00 The post Discussing the scandal...
View ArticleWell-Armored Child Review in Gallup Independent
The Gallup Independent does not have an online edition. The entire article is posted here. Published in the Gallup Independent, Gallup, NM, Feb. 1, 2016 Advocate publishes parent’s guide on sex...
View Article“No matter what we do, we hit a wall with Francis, Vatican”
Peter Saunders was given a vote of no confidence by the Vatican commission on the prevention of child sex abuse. His crime? Demanding the prevention of child sexual abuse. Preventing child sexual abuse...
View ArticleWhat to do when people say, “But Pope Francis is different.”
Oh, Pope Francis. He’s got a good racket going. His fan base is huge. Recent trips to the U.S. and now Mexico show that people really like this seemingly humble and devout man. I mean, they “like him”...
View ArticleFr. Bruce Wellems’ victim speaks out about crimes, “forgiveness”
Eric Johnson is the man who was sexually abused by Fr. Bruce Wellems when Wellems was teen and Eric was seven (photo above). In the piece below, he responds to Bruce Wellems’ statements to the Chicago...
View ArticleHawaii Diocese knows who the predators are. They just won’t tell us.
Yesterday’s LA Times told the story of Edward Courtney, former Irish Christian Brother who is accused of molesting upwards of 50 kids. He’s living “under the radar” in Hawaii. The bigger story is that...
View ArticleVictims to Hawai’i Bishop: Make all predators’ names public
The first step to transparency is being, well … transparent. And when your former bishop is a three-time-accused (that we know of) predator, that makes transparency even more important. Victims to...
View ArticleHawai’i victims of abuse face deadline
Hawai’i’s adult victims of child sexual abuse only have until the end of April to come forward and use the civil courts. The civil window, which was renewed in 2014, was an extension of a 2012 bill...
View ArticleSpotlight wins … scandal continues
Less than 48 hours after Spotlight nabbed the best picture Oscar, a grand jury report and an Australian cardinal are showing the world that the clergy sex abuse scandal is far from over. Yesterday in...
View ArticleWhich is more controversial:
Clergy sex abuse and cover-up … or the sale of breast milk? The jury is still out. You can read my article on the breast milk market in Orange County here. There is enough in this article for a book …...
View ArticleBuzzfeed: I was abused in the Catholic Church
My friend Manny Vega and I had the opportunity to make a video for Buzzfeed about our experience as survivors of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Thanks to producer Ricky Sans for the...
View ArticleLocal parish says, “No Mahony!” And the response is ….
Yeah, even I was surprised. Parishioners at Los Angeles Archdiocese’s St. Kateri Church were not pleased when they were informed that disgraced Cardinal Roger Mahony was going to perform their parish...
View ArticleLeg Update: California and Pennsylvania
California Victims of sex crimes have won another battle in the effort to extend the criminal statute of limitations for rape and sexual assault. SB 813, sponsored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino),...
View ArticleInterview: Eliminating the criminal SOL for sex crimes
Click here to listen to my interview/discussion today on a California bill that would eliminate the criminal statute of limitations for sex crimes. AirTalk with Larry Mantle on KPCC, 89.3 FM, Southern...
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