“Baby-buying” Ohio seminarian pleads guilty
Joel Wright, the Steubenville seminarian caught trying to buy children in order to sexually molest them, pleaded guilty to federal charges of trying to entice a minor. He faces up to 10 years in...
View ArticleReport: Vatican knew bishop was a predator
Of all of the abuse and cover-up that have been exposed as a result of Hawaii’s civil window for victims of sexual abuse, few things are as explosive as a report released yesterday that states the...
View ArticleWhy did the Vatican reinstate a convicted priest?
The answer is simple: they thought no one would notice. When Indian priest Rev. Joseph Jeyapaul pleaded guilty in 2012 to child molestation in the Diocese of Crookston, MN, Jeyapaul’s victims and their...
View ArticleFeds move to extend civil rights for sex abuse victims
Finally there is some good news. A reauthorization bill in the US Senate has a new provision that extends the federal civil rights of victims of child sex crimes, including child sexual abuse and child...
View ArticleConvicted Priest Resurfaces in Oklahoma
So we can assume that OK City Archbishop Paul S. Coakley doesn’t bother with that whole “background check” thing. Why? A former San Diego priest who vanished after he pled guilty to misdemeanor sexual...
View ArticleOklahoma City: Where Zero Tolerance Means Zip …
What exactly does it take to get a priest removed? What does it take to get OKC Archbishop Paul Coakley to warn parishioners about a priest’s past? What does it take to get a religious community to...
View ArticleCops vs. Coakley: You be the judge
Let’s play a game of “Who to believe …” In 2012, Fr. Jose Alexis Davila plead guilty to unlawful sexual touching. We learned this week that Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley put Davila back in a...
View ArticleArchdiocese of OKC circulates Davila’s expungement record, misleads...
In an attempt to mislead parishioners and the public and clear them of wrongdoing in hiring a priest who plead guilty to a sexual offense, the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is circulating the...
View ArticleConvicted priest booted from OKC
But where is he now? That’s an important question … From NewsOK: Tuesday, in a prepared statement, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, said the Rev. Jose Alexis...
View ArticleSan Fran: An Evening with Bobcat Goldthwait
If you are in the San Francisco area May 27, be sure to check out this screening of the award-winning documentary Call Me Lucky, with a special Q&A afterward with comedian and filmmaker Bobcat...
View ArticleGuam archbishop accused of abuse
BREAKING: A Hawaii man who says he was sexually abused by Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron spoke out at a press conference today in Agana. You can read more here, here, and here. More soon … The post...
View ArticleOnce again: Why won’t anyone tell the truth about Bruce Wellems?
Fr. Bruce Wellems: the man everyone wants to protect. Yesterday, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Chicago Archdiocese and the Claretian Fathers have barred Catholic priest Father Bruce Wellems...
View ArticleKeeping your teen safer from abuse has never been easier
You asked. I listened. And for a short time, the result is FREE. Parents of teens and tweens have special concerns about their children’s safety. They came to me in droves asking me to create a...
View ArticleMother of second alleged victim of Guam archbishop speaks
From the Pacific Daily News: An Agat youth who served as an altar boy in the village church was molested in the late 1970s by Father Anthony Apuron, according to his mother, Doris Concepcion, who said...
View ArticleMother of second alleged victim of archbishop speaks, Victims respond
Statement by Joelle Casteix of Newport Beach, CA, Western Regional Director of SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPNetwork.org) Our hearts ache for Doris Concepcion, who has so...
View ArticlePope Names Guam Administrator After Archbishop Accused of Abuse
Statement by Joelle Casteix of Newport Beach, CA, Western Regional Director of SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests We are encouraged that the Vatican has taken this first step....
View ArticleBruce Wellems documents
Eric Johnson’s 1995 correspondence with the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Claretian Order. Letters from the Claretian order to members about the status of Bruce Wellems, and the instruction to destroy...
View ArticleBoys don’t cry? Sure they do, and we need to embrace it
Read my latest article in OC Family here. The post Boys don’t cry? Sure they do, and we need to embrace it appeared first on The Worthy Adversary.
View ArticleGuam Gov signs Civil Window into law
Today, Guam Governor Eddie Calvo “signed a bill that allows victims of child sexual abuse to sue their abusers as well as anyone who helped them and the institutions with which they are affiliated.” I...
View ArticleBREAKING: Gov. Brown signs bill that eliminates CRIMINAL SOL for rape!
In what can be called the “pleasant surprise of the decade,” I just got word that CA Governor Jerry Brown just signed SB 813 into law, which eliminates the criminal statute of limitations for rape...
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