Here’s a simple question: If you have a phone and know about evidence of child sex crimes, you call police, right? Doesn’t sound hard does it? Well, unless you’re one of Missouri’s two most influential Catholic bishops … Example one: “Just Say No to Reporting” Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn In 2010, a Catholic school principal…Continue reading Jesus would fire them
SB 131 – The California Child Victims’ Act – is scheduled for a floor vote in the Assembly soon. And the Archdiocese of LA is pulling out all of the stops. The Archdiocese, in its attempt to defeat the bill, has created a website that allows ordinary folks to send mass emails to legislators. They hope…Continue reading As SB131 heads to Assembly floor, LA Archdiocese spins and presses
Jesus has left the building. I have always thought that the Diocese of Orange’s purchase of the former Crystal Cathedral was a good business decision, but a horrible pastoral one. And the bad pastoral decisions keep coming. But first, a little background: No one except former Bishop Tod Brown wanted a new cathedral. There was…Continue reading Final score: Business 2, Jesus 0
The UN Convention Against Torture has announced that it will be reviewing reports by the Holy See to determine if they are in compliance with the international treaty against torture. Other states being reviewed include Sierra Leone, Cyprus and Lithuania. While it’s a routine review—and only in the informational stages—victims and advocates hope that the…Continue reading Second UN Committee Scrutinizes Vatican
Yesterday, CA Assembly Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Diane Harkey voted no on important crime victims legislation—even though a similar 2003 bill exposed horrible abuse in her own district. I don’t believe it was a malicious act against victims, I just think she doesn’t know about the child sex crimes and cover-up that have thrived in…Continue reading When your district is rife with crime, hold bad guys responsible