While New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the country explode with scandal and investigation into clergy sex abuse and cover-up, a little pot of disrepute is simmering in one Southern California Diocese. Welcome to San Diego The Diocese of San Diego is well known to readers of this blog. It’s the home…Continue reading What’s going on in San Diego?

I wrote briefly about the Vatican Circular Firing Squad in a previous post. It was an over-simplification, but hit the point. To truly understand what is happening right now with the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal—and how the scandal has been able to flourish for so long—you need to understand the people, the dynamics, and…Continue reading Who is Carlo Maria Vigano? And what does he have to do with Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis?

Pope Francis says: “Those in the Vatican who knew about and covered up abuse are ‘caca.’” The response within those formerly in the Vatican: “Et tu? You knew.” Commence the Vatican circular firing squad. Last one standing … wins?

… and things are never going to be the same. On Saturday, I am leaving for Geneva, Switzerland, where former California State Senator Joe Dunn and I will be presenting at the United Nations’ ITU AI for Good Global Summit. There, we will discuss how cognitive computing will forever change how we work to expose child…Continue reading We’re taking this show to the United Nations

It’s the Sacrament of Confirmation season in the Catholic Church, and that means one thing: trouble. Why? For the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, it’s time to dust off disgraced, abuse-enabling bishops and force them on innocent Catholic teens, adults and parishes. I’ve already received numerous complaints from two Los Angeles parishes: St. Timothy’s in West Los…Continue reading Disgraced Bishop resurfaces for confirmation season … again