Over the weekend, we learned that Damien Memorial School officials lied on a grant application that resulted in a $1.5 million award to the school from the State of Hawaii for “capital improvements.” Here is a quick recap: School officials conveniently “forgot” to mention that at the time the application was filed in January, the…Continue reading What did Damien’s board of directors know?
Citing mounting child sex abuse civil cases, the Diocese of Gallup announced over the weekend that it will be filing bankruptcy. And it’s not going to be pretty. Don’t know much about Gallup? Here’s a primer on the sex abuse and cover-up crisis in the Southwest diocese. The Diocese of Gallup “includes parishes in six…Continue reading A Gallup Primer
The Diocese of Gallup, which owns parishes and employs priests in both New Mexico and Arizona, has said that it will declare bankruptcy to avoid embarrassing civil child sex abuse and cover-up trials. Published in The Gallup Independent, Gallup, NM, Sept. 3, 2013 (the paper does not publish stories online): Diocese of Gallup to file bankruptcy…Continue reading Diocese of Gallup to declare bankruptcy
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
What do you do when your umbrella organization files for bankruptcy (to avoid costly sex abuse civil trials); ten of your former teachers are exposed as perpetrators; and at least 15 former students come forward to say they were sexually abused by your teachers and brothers? Swindle the state of Hawaii out of $1.5 million,…Continue reading Damien Memorial Fudges Grant Application, Swindles $1.5 Million from State