Jesus would fire them
Here’s a simple question: If you have a phone and know about evidence of child sex crimes, you call police, right? Doesn’t sound hard does it? Well, unless you’re one of Missouri’s two most influential...
View ArticleDiocese of Gallup to declare bankruptcy
The Diocese of Gallup, which owns parishes and employs priests in both New Mexico and Arizona, has said that it will declare bankruptcy to avoid embarrassing civil child sex abuse and cover-up trials....
View ArticleA Gallup Primer
Citing mounting child sex abuse civil cases, the Diocese of Gallup announced over the weekend that it will be filing bankruptcy. And it’s not going to be pretty. Don’t know much about Gallup? Here’s a...
View ArticleWhat did Damien’s board of directors know?
Over the weekend, we learned that Damien Memorial School officials lied on a grant application that resulted in a $1.5 million award to the school from the State of Hawaii for “capital improvements.”...
View ArticleGallup’s Double Dirty Dozen
In response to the announcement today that the Gallup Diocese would be seeking bankruptcy protection, Patrick Wall (no relation to Gallup Bishop James Wall) put together this list of 24 Gallup clerics...
View ArticleCalifornia Child Victims’ Act Passes Assembly Floor Vote
Senate Bill 131 – The California Child Victims’ Act – just passed an Assembly floor vote, 42-14. The bill give victims of child sexual abuse a one-year window to come forward and use the civil court...
View ArticleSB 131 Passes Senate Floor – Now On To The Governor
SB 131 – the Child Victims’ Act – has become the “little bill that could.” Despite great odds and millions of dollars spent on lobbying to kill the bill (by Roman Catholic and USA Swimming officials),...
View ArticleDamien grant unconstitutional, says Hawaii AG
Hawaii’s state deputy attorney general determined that a $1.5 million grant intended for Damien Memorial School is unconstitutional. According to the Honolulu Civil Beat: Deputy Attorney General...
View ArticleJohn Urell and the ol’“Forgiveness vs. Accountability” argument
Msgr. John Urell is back in the headlines again, this time featured in the latest document dump by religious orders in the Los Angeles Archdiocese. From Gustavo Arellano at the OC Weekly: At the end of...
View ArticleEric Holtan information
To review or download the case history of Eric Holtan’s guilty plea to child sexual abuse, click here. To access the information on the Minnesota Courts website, do the following: Click on the...
View ArticleConvicted molester works at Tucson church
Convicted molester works at Tucson church Child sex offender is music minister Man pled guilty in 2000 to molesting girls He did prison time and is still on probation Now, musician heads group that...
View ArticleHoltan makes headlines
Eric Holtan is slowly getting exposed. From The Duluth News: Holtan, who was convicted of first-degree and third-degree criminal sexual conduct, was ordered at his 2000 sentencing to serve two years at...
View ArticleShould Public Arts Organizations Give $ To Convicted Sex Offenders?
I don’t know the answer to this myself, but it has been bothering me since learning about Tucson conductor/convicted child sex offender Eric Holtan. Holtan was convicted in 2000 of first- and...
View ArticleFinger-waggers and life lessons, Tucson style.
I could tell exactly what kind of person she was when she started wagging her finger at me. She was mean. I hate finger-waggers. My dearly departed cat had the perfect reaction: If I ever wagged a...
View ArticleGallup’s victim tally rivals dioceses ten times larger
Months after the Diocese of Gallup announced intentions to seek bankruptcy protection, Gallup Bishop James Wall FINALLY filed a declaration with the federal bankruptcy court to officially begin the...
View ArticleNienstedt throws “PR ploy” task force under the bus
On October 5, the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, which has been mired in a sex abuse and cover-up crisis, announced that an “independent” task force will convene to investigate how...
View ArticleLA Archdiocese Releases More Documents
The Los Angeles Archdiocese released more clergy sex abuse and cover-up documents today. Priests hail from Orange County, San Bernardino, and Phoenix. Files include: John Lenihan Richard Coughlin...
View ArticleBankruptcy Chronicles
All of the cool cats are doin’ it this season! The Milwaukee Archdiocese bankruptcy is sloggin’ through the courts, complete with mysterious monetary maneuvers, secret payouts and cardinal denials that...
View ArticleFrancis is a man of ACTION! (Well, not really)
Everybody has a crush on Pope Francis. He drives a car! He eats with the priests! He cold calls Catholics who write him letters! But wait, there’s more! He used to be a bouncer at a bar! He reportedly...
View ArticleFormer top Catholic official accused of abuse
For tomorrow’s event in Honolulu … Fmr top Catholic official accused of abuse Victim speaks publicly for the first time He says he was 7 when ex-Honolulu bishop molested him New lawsuit is one of more...
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