What exactly does it take to get a priest removed? What does it take to get OKC Archbishop Paul Coakley to warn parishioners about a priest’s past? What does it take to get a religious community to stop minimizing a guilty plea to a sex crime? Fr. Jose Alexis Davila has now been exposed across San…Continue reading Oklahoma City: Where Zero Tolerance Means Zip …
So we can assume that OK City Archbishop Paul S. Coakley doesn’t bother with that whole “background check” thing. Why? A former San Diego priest who vanished after he pled guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery and “engaging in unlawful sexual touching” in 2012 has resurfaced in parishes in Oklahoma. Fr. Jose Alexis Davila was sentenced to three years’ probation…Continue reading Convicted Priest Resurfaces in Oklahoma
Finally there is some good news. A reauthorization bill in the US Senate has a new provision that extends the federal civil rights of victims of child sex crimes, including child sexual abuse and child pornography. Last week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to reauthorize the Adam Walsh Act, a federal program…Continue reading Feds move to extend civil rights for sex abuse victims
The answer is simple: they thought no one would notice. When Indian priest Rev. Joseph Jeyapaul pleaded guilty in 2012 to child molestation in the Diocese of Crookston, MN, Jeyapaul’s victims and their supporters (including SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) believed—at first—that they had won a huge victory. Not only had Jeyapaul fled the…Continue reading Why did the Vatican reinstate a convicted priest?
Of all of the abuse and cover-up that have been exposed as a result of Hawaii’s civil window for victims of sexual abuse, few things are as explosive as a report released yesterday that states the Vatican knew Hawaii’s former bishop was a sex predator before he was appointed ordinary. The report, written by Fr. Thomas…Continue reading Report: Vatican knew bishop was a predator
