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 Catholic bishops … Example one: “Just Say No to Reporting” Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn In 2010, a Catholic school principal…Continue reading Jesus would fire them
What do you do when your umbrella organization files for bankruptcy (to avoid costly sex abuse civil trials); ten of your former teachers are exposed as perpetrators; and at least 15 former students come forward to say they were sexually abused by your teachers and brothers? Swindle the state of Hawaii out of $1.5 million,…Continue reading Damien Memorial Fudges Grant Application, Swindles $1.5 Million from State
Because when you spend big $$ to fight child safety legislation in another state, you begin to look a little guilty … USA Swimming has been forced to commission an independent review of its SafeSport program, after critics charged that coaches were not screened, abuse was rampant, and whistleblowers were punished for reporting. Latest reports…Continue reading Congress asking q’s about dirty pool at USA Swimming
SB 131 – The California Child Victims’ Act – is scheduled for a floor vote in the Assembly soon. And the Archdiocese of LA is pulling out all of the stops. The Archdiocese, in its attempt to defeat the bill, has created a website that allows ordinary folks to send mass emails to legislators. They hope…Continue reading As SB131 heads to Assembly floor, LA Archdiocese spins and presses
Jesus has left the building. I have always thought that the Diocese of Orange’s purchase of the former Crystal Cathedral was a good business decision, but a horrible pastoral one. And the bad pastoral decisions keep coming. But first, a little background: No one except former Bishop Tod Brown wanted a new cathedral. There was…Continue reading Final score: Business 2, Jesus 0