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 parish. Let’s see what Coakley had to say: While Father Davila’s actions with an adult parishioner five years ago occurred…Continue reading Cops vs. Coakley: You be the judge
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 stop minimizing a guilty plea to a sex crime? Fr. Jose Alexis Davila has now been exposed across San…Continue reading Oklahoma City: Where Zero Tolerance Means Zip …
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 pornography. Last week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to reauthorize the Adam Walsh Act, a federal program…Continue reading Feds move to extend civil rights for sex abuse victims
Click here to listen to my interview/discussion today on a California bill that would eliminate the criminal statute of limitations for sex crimes. AirTalk with Larry Mantle on KPCC, 89.3 FM, Southern California Public Radio.
or … The proof is in the paper, but only if you can find it. And the monks at St. John’s want to make sure you never find it. Today, Minnesota Public Radio announced that St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville (MN) is releasing the secret sex abuse files of 18 predatory monks in…Continue reading St. John’s, document dumps, and child victims
