Category Archives: Clerical Sexual Abuse of Children

SNAP to protest LCWR meeting in St. Louis (schedule posted)

Posted on 7 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is planning on protesting outside the hotel where the Leadership Conference of Women Religious are meeting in their annual assembly.  Why?  For years they have been trying to work with the … Continue reading →

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Ex-bishop Lahey dismissed from the clerical state

Posted on 16 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A reader sent me a link to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) Pastoral Letter on Freedom of Conscience and Religion (HERE). While I was rummaging around I ran across this.
What’s New
CCCB Statement on Raymond Lahey [I remember this … Continue reading →

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Michael Novak on “A Different Priestly Scandal”

Posted on 15 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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From the site of Michael Novak:
A Different Priestly Scandal
By Michael Novak — Sunday, 13 May 2012
Burning injustices rest on our consciences, and will continue to burn us until we correct them.
I had dinner the other … Continue reading →

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MediaReport.com on the National Catholic Fishwrap’s “baseless and sordid swipe at the Catholic Church”

Posted on 12 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From MediaReport.com:
National Catholic Reporter Smears Arch. of Los Angeles in Bogus Abuse Story
MAY 11, 2012 BY THEMEDIAREPORT.COM
The left-wing National Catholic Reporter newspaper [aka The Fishwrap] is suggesting that a newly discovered 27-year-old letter somehow may be evidence that the Archdiocese … Continue reading →

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The Catholic League about Hell’s Bible and WaPo deceptions

Posted on 7 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the Catholic League:
COVER-UP AT NYT AND WASH POST
May 7, 2012
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on editorials that appear today in the New York Times and Washington Post:
Both of these newspapers misstate the facts, fail to mention relevant data, … Continue reading →

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Sally Quinn of WaPo: a lesson in getting it wrong.

Posted on 24 April 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Sally Quinn of WaPo offers her stunningly shallow take on the reforming efforts by the Holy See and USCCB now being applied to the LCWR (a subsidiary of the Magisterium of Nuns).
Aside from the risible claims Quinn makes, I found this … Continue reading →

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Of SNAP, the Catholic League, Card. Dolan and fair treatment

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I noticed on the blog of His Eminence Timothy Card. Dolan, who in his capacity as President of the USCCB has been called on to defend the rights of the Church in the midst of a deepening kulturkampf, a comment … Continue reading →

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“If I were the Devil…”

Posted on 20 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Liberals demand that you deny common sense and they reduce the supernatural to the natural.
Paul Harvey on 13 October 1964

The third session of Vatican II was going on when this was on air.

Technorati Tags: 13 October 1963, America, culture, devil, … Continue reading →

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Anti-Catholic bias and attacks on Holy Church from without and from within.

Posted on 15 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is from Media Report:
The Usual Suspects: NY Times, Dissident Priest Support Anti-Catholic SNAP With Falsehoods, Attacks on Church
Anti-Catholicism in Action: The New York Times, Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, and SNAP
The New York Times is again shilling for the Catholic-hating SNAP … Continue reading →

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SNAP director published false information

Posted on 6 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From CNA:
SNAP director admits to publishing false information
By Michelle Bauman
Clayton, Missouri, Mar 6, 2012 / 05:07 pm (CNA).- The leader of a group that works with clergy sex abuse victims admitted during a recent deposition that the organization has published … Continue reading →

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