That was not the headline I was expecting to write in 2025. But alas, here I am. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, the head of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, is one of only a handful of US bishops who has refused to release any lists of credibly accused priests. Since the 2018 Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report…Continue reading Archdiocese of SF removes predators on the quiet
Fr. Timothy Ramaekers suddenly vanished. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Readers of this blog should remember the Troubling Case of Timothy Ramaekers. Back in 2012, I wrote about how family and friends of Matthew Carrigan protested outside of Aliso Viejo’s Corpus Christi parish, saying that Ramaekers sexually molested Carrigan when Carrigan was a child at St.…Continue reading A “troubling” priest is going to trial.
What the heck is going on? If you saw the local news this week, probably saw headlines about the $3.5 million settlement that the Diocese of Orange has agreed to pay a survivor of former Mater Dei Principal Michael Harris. The diocese also put out a horrible, tone-deaf, anti-survivor, unchristian statement about the survivor and…Continue reading Diocese of Orange Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Update
Recent hazing and violence lawsuits against Mater Dei have alerted a lot of noses to a stink that has been brewing for years: decades of child sexual abuse, hazing, and cover-up at the infamous high school. The parents of a recent hazing victim remarked to me that they had had no idea about the scandals…Continue reading School for Scandal 101: Santa Ana’s Mater Dei High School
Today, the Associated Press released a blockbuster article about how the Catholic Church in the United States has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in PPP loans, despite a lack of need. In Orange County, California, Bishop Kevin Vann treated PPP loans like a taxpayer-funded ATM machine. Catholic entities under Vann’s direct management collected more than…Continue reading Diocese of Orange snags more than $24 mil in PPP loans
