**UPDATED** It is NEVER Okay To Defame A 14-Year-Old Crime Victim

UPDATED JANUARY 27, 2012 –  Today, the Orange County District Attorney’s office charged Richard Aldana with seven felony counts of lewd acts on a child. Good news, indeed.   Original post: International human rights groups cry foul when rape victims are stoned, imprisoned or forced to marry their rapists. But in sunny California, the news…Continue reading **UPDATED** It is NEVER Okay To Defame A 14-Year-Old Crime Victim

Well, at least Pope Benedict is sticking to the company line

From the Office of Keep Your Trap Shut, You Pesky Victims’ Activists: Pope Benedict yesterday espoused the virtues of silence: By remaining silent, we allow the other person to speak, to express him or herself, and we avoid being tied simply to our own words and ideas without them being adequately tested. Ah, the irony.…Continue reading Well, at least Pope Benedict is sticking to the company line

Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain: Joe Paterno and the Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis

Joe Paterno’s death last weekend came as a bit of a shock and a huge disappointment. I knew he was sick, but my disappointment did not come from grief. My upset was quite different: The man at the center of the biggest child sex abuse scandal of 2011 is gone, and we will never know…Continue reading Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain: Joe Paterno and the Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis

NEWS: Abuse victims to bishop: ‘Stop the lynch mob’

NEWS: Abuse victims to bishop: ‘Stop the lynch mob’ Parishioners are confronting, intimidating family members of potential abuse victim Hurt and confused Catholics are giving predators a “free pass,” SNAP says You must help create a victim-safe environment in your churches, they demand In response to what they are calling a “modern day lynch mob,”…Continue reading NEWS: Abuse victims to bishop: ‘Stop the lynch mob’