** Update: only two journalists were indicted. Note corrections below Events last week showed that the Vatican has the power to indict foreign journalists … but earlier this year needed to draft new rules in order to indict its own employees for sex abuse. Let’s take a look. Last week, the Vatican issued indictments against five…Continue reading Vatican: We can indict foreign journalists, but not our own priests
A priest who worked for six years at Orange’s St. Joseph Hospital has been accused of “improper conduct” in numerous assignments. The conduct was so bad, in fact, that he was “dismissed” from his home diocese and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a warning to dioceses nationwide. What did Orange Bishop Kevin…Continue reading Former Orange priest subject of US Bishops’ “Warning!” OC Bishop stays silent.
In September, I was listening to AirTalk on KPCC, one of LA’s NPR stations. On Fridays, they feature Film Week (one of my favorites), a show where reviewers talk about new film debuts, international film festivals, and DVD releases. On this particular show, the host and one of the reviewers were discussing the Venice Film Festival…Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: It’s not depressing. It’s not icky. Go see it.
Such a great speaker at mops yesterday ! Joelle Casteix author of new bestselling book THE WELL -ARMORED CHILD : A PARENTS GUIDE TO PREVENTING SEXUAL ABUSE. A difficult subject to talk about but knowing what to look for and warning signs of sexual predators to protect and children and teach them how to handle…Continue reading The importance of connecting to parents – in person
Click here to see my interview on San Diego Living (Channel 6 – the CW). I talk about protecting your child from abuse, the importance of statute of limitation reform, and … I say vagina (gasp!) on live television.