The next domino falls: Rockville Center NY
The Catholic Diocese of Rockville Center, NY has announced an Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Plan. These plans, administered by Ken Feinberg and funded by the individual dioceses, aim to...
View ArticleThe lesson of Weinstein: Power, morality, and the fickle friendship of fame
UPDATE: The board of The Weinstein Company has fired Harvey from the company he help found. Hollywood’s deafening silence this week in the case of Harvey Weinstein should be telling to everyone: It...
View ArticleThere IS a child sex abuse scandal in Hollywood
Do I have proof of the scandal? Yes. Do a simple Google search on the Sugar’n Spice Photos of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields. You’ll read about the Playboy photos her mother approved and for which the...
View ArticleVictims Deadline – Archdiocese of New York – November 1, 2017
The Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Plan is not perfect. But because of it, last week, victims were able to expose two, decades-long hidden priest perpetrators. One of the predators—Casper...
View ArticleMy Open Letter to Jeffrey Docking and Adrian College #metoo
November 3, 2017 To: Dr. Jeffrey Docking, President Adrian College @JeffreyDocking, @AdrianCollege cc: Ms. Bridgette Winslow, Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Title IX Coordinator Dr....
View ArticleMy own journey
It’s time to talk. Those of you who have followed my blog may have noticed that it was dark for much of the fall. There were some good reasons for this. I am on the faculty at the UCI School of Law...
View ArticleICYMI – USA Swimming has a scandal on its hands
Last week, The Orange County Register published an excellent two-part series on the sex abuse cover-up scandal inside of USA Swimming. Some of horrific facts reporter Scott M. Reid unearthed: • Top USA...
View ArticleWill married priests solve the problem? Wife-beating priest case gives us...
Kill the celibacy requirement, kill the scandal? Hardly. The Catholic clergy sex abuse cover-up scandal is not totally unique. It’s an institutional cover-up, just like the institutional cover-up with...
View ArticleClosed for whom?
From the Associated Press: [The] Catholic Church is concerned that the [Michigan] statute of limitations bill could “open up other things that have been closed.” Other things? Things like abuse and...
View ArticleWilton Gregory’s REAL message to Georgia…
The Georgia State Legislature is trying to pass a bill to help adult victims of child sexual abuse. The legislation, dubbed the “Hidden Predator Act,” extends the statute of limitations for victims...
View ArticleEleven-year-olds are sold for sex in Orange County. Help us stop it.
My son is eleven years old. He likes to play basketball. Oree Freeman was eleven when she was sex trafficked on the streets of LA and Orange County. Men bought her for sex across the street from...
View ArticleA note on predatory grooming
“The realization that I had used, willingly and unwillingly, my charm for the wrong reasons.” This was a quote from Joseph L. Bishop. He has admitted to “acting inappropriately” (read: sexually...
View Article#MeToo: Making a Movement
Yesterday, I was a featured speaker at UCI Law School’s series on the #MeToo movement. Our discussion: Victims of child sexual abuse and sexual assault have been empowered to speak out about what...
View ArticlePA State Grand Jury Investigates Six Catholic Dioceses: What you need to know
Cease and desist letters, bully tactics, salacious rumors, lists of accused, Cardinal Roger Mahony and … Bill Cosby? They are all a part of the big picture surrounding the PA state grand jury...
View ArticleDisgraced Bishop resurfaces for confirmation season … again
It’s the Sacrament of Confirmation season in the Catholic Church, and that means one thing: trouble. Why? For the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, it’s time to dust off disgraced, abuse-enabling bishops and...
View ArticleWe’re taking this show to the United Nations
… and things are never going to be the same. On Saturday, I am leaving for Geneva, Switzerland, where former California State Senator Joe Dunn and I will be presenting at the United Nations’ ITU AI for...
View ArticleWho is Carlo Maria Vigano? And what does he have to do with Kentucky Clerk...
I wrote briefly about the Vatican Circular Firing Squad in a previous post. It was an over-simplification, but hit the point. To truly understand what is happening right now with the Catholic clergy...
View ArticleWhat’s going on in San Diego?
While New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the country explode with scandal and investigation into clergy sex abuse and cover-up, a little pot of disrepute is simmering in one...
View ArticleD.C. Deacon Calls on Wuerl to Resign
One of my dearest friends is a married deacon in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. In his position, he attended to Cardinal Wuerl. But after the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, he decided: No more....
View ArticleSan Diego Diocese holds back on abusive priests, public list tops 103
Today the Diocese of San Diego released a list of eight credibly accused priests who have worked in the diocese. The names are: Fr. Jose Chavarin Fr. Raymond Etienne SVD Fr. James P. Foley Fr. Michael...
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