One admitted to molesting 13 and is part LA priest “document dump,” Another served year in jail, abused at least 6 kids Victims to community: Protect your children and grandchildren Mahony must stay home from papal election, group begs What: Victims of sex abuse and their supporters will have an outreach leafleting outside of the retirement community…Continue reading Victims to leaflet Seal Beach community where convicted priests lived
Today’s announcement that Pope Benedict XVI will resign later this month has become a swirling vortex of media conjecture and speculation. Is it because of growing scandals in the United States and Ireland? Is it because the Pope is directly tied to the cover-up of child sexual abuse in the US and elsewhere? I doubt it.…Continue reading In the age of the smartphone, a Pope has no choice but to retire
Statement by Joelle Casteix of Newport Beach, SNAP Volunteer Western Regional Director To put it simply: this is what victims have fought for all along. The only way to stop the cycle of child sex abuse and cover-up is to punish child predators and anyone who covers up for them. Empty apologies by bishops and…Continue reading LAPD launches probe into clergy files, victims respond