*** Update: The CA Supreme Court ruled that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles must turn over the files. Deadline is immediate. A huge decision is expected today from the California Supreme Court regarding the confidential abuse and cover-up files of 25 known offending priests. The priests were a part of the 2007 $660 million…Continue reading UPDATED: CA SUPREME COURT: LA Archdiocese must turn over priest files
A new California law makes commercial computer technicians mandatory reporters in cases of child pornography. The bill, AB 1817, was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown this week. Here is the crux of the bill, according to a press release from the CA K.I.D.S. Coalition: Commercial computer techicians will now be required to report…Continue reading New Law: California Computer Techs Must Report Child Pornography
Many California victims born after 1977 still may have legal rights to expose abuse, get justice and keep kids safe right now. Convicted priest named in new sex abuse lawsuit Young girl was molested in San Andreas CA parish She is the latest of former cleric’s dozens of victims Deported from US, he’s now in…Continue reading Convicted priest Oliver O’Grady/Stockton Diocese named in new abuse suit
From my SNAP statement: Today, the Diocese of Orange has announced the retirement of Orange County, California Bishop Tod D. Brown. We will learn the name of his successor tomorrow. The author and Tod Brown at the press conference announcing the Diocese’s $100 million settlement with 97 victims of child sex abuse Simply put: we…Continue reading A Rotten Legacy Ends – Bishop Tod Brown Retires
In light of the current Chicago teachers’ strike, I think it’s important to comment on a very important California story that shines a big, fat, bright light on the global nature of the complicit cover-up of child sexual abuse by big, trusted institutions. And here’s the shocker: it doesn’t involve the Roman Catholic Church. Flashback…Continue reading CA Teachers’ Unions: Protecting Child Molesters’ Jobs