I had the honor to host a survivor-centric informercial on victims’ rights in New Jersey. If you were sexually abused as a child in that state, you need to watch – time is running out.
Category: Clergy Abuse Crisis
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Food Part One: Why do I have gut issues?
Healing your heart and your mind often starts with making peace with your body (and, as a result. how you nourish that body). In the next series of blog posts, I am going to do a deep dive into the big connection between childhood sexual abuse/childhood trauma and food issues. The connection is a troubling…Continue reading Childhood Sexual Abuse and Food Part One: Why do I have gut issues?
Diocese of Orange snags more than $24 mil in PPP loans
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
A Day of Reckoning for the Boy Scouts
If you think 2020 isn’t going well for you, take a look at the Boy Scouts: it’s estimated that up to 50,000 victims of child sexual abuse could come forward in the Chapter 11 Boy Scout bankruptcy. Survivors until November 15 to file paperwork and join the bankruptcy, which I predict will uncover decades of…Continue reading A Day of Reckoning for the Boy Scouts
Diocese of Fresno promised us a list of accused priests. Where is it?
Fresno Bishop Joseph V. Brennan promised a list. Did he think we forgot? Now that my white paper on the sexual abuse of women in the Catholic Church is complete—and getting a great response—I am beginning work on a complete analysis of California’s Catholic dioceses, sexual abuse, and cover-up. I thought I would start with…Continue reading Diocese of Fresno promised us a list of accused priests. Where is it?