Posts tagged molestation

• Closing Arguments at Fresno Clergy Sex Abuse Trial

  Paul Kiesel | April 01, 2009 6:54 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From CBS 47: An emotional sexual abuse trial is nearing the end. Closing arguments are underway in the case against the Fresno Catholic Diocese. Wednesday morning, the alleged victims' attorneys...

• AP: Catholic Hierarchy was Aware of Pedophile Priest Problem in the 1950s

  Paul Kiesel | March 30, 2009 8:10 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From The Associated Press: The founder of a religious order that treats Roman Catholic priests who molest children concluded in the 1950s that offenders were unlikely to change and should not be...

• Governor Paterson Opposes Sex Abuse Bill, More Worried with Churches Going Bankrupt

  Paul Kiesel | March 30, 2009 7:59 PM | 5 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  For reasons that are seemingly illogical, New York Governor David Paterson told Newsday that he opposes an Assembly bill that would allow sex abuse victims to have their day in court. In siding...

• CBS News: Father Craig Takes the Stand in Fresno Clergy Sex Abuse Trial

  Paul Kiesel | March 27, 2009 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From CBS47: On Thursday, attorneys for the church called a key witness to the stand. Father Rod Craig grew up in Wasco and attended the church where two brothers claim they were sexually abused by...

• Bishop Madera: People Came to Him with Complaints of Priest Abuse and He'd Suggest They Write and Send a Letter to the Abuser

  Paul Kiesel | March 25, 2009 9:06 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From CBS 47 in Fresno: MISTRUTHS WATERED-DOWN The former Bishop of the Fresno Archdiocese takes the stand in the sexual abuse trial against the Catholic Church. Bishop Joseph Madere told jurors...

• Bishop Steinbock Continues to Blur Belief and Fact in Fresno Clergy Sex Abuse Trial

  Paul Kiesel | March 24, 2009 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  BELIEF: Bishop Steinbock continues to give seemingly contradictory statements in the Fresno Clergy Sex Abuse Trial, like I have never returned anyone to ministry that I believe was guilty of sex...

• Rick Santorum and Bishop Steinbock: "Secular" Society is to Blame for Rampant Clergy Sexual Abuse

  Paul Kiesel | March 20, 2009 7:24 PM | 11 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  These two guys, former Republican senator Rick Santorum and Bishop John T. Steinbock, claim that society, in particular secular or liberal society, is to blame for all of the recent sex abuse...

• Fresno Diocese Continues to Let "Accused" Child Molester Work with Children

  Paul Kiesel | March 19, 2009 7:20 PM | 12 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A little over two years ago, a Fresno jury found Father Eric Swearingen guilty (9-3) of molesting a former altar boy, however, Bishop John J. Steinbock has continued to allow this man to work with...

• Los Angeles Priest Sex Abuse Settlement

  Paul Kiesel | May 25, 2008 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Priest Sex Abuse Settlement

• Suing Los Angeles School District for Molestation by Teacher

  Nigel Whitehead | May 06, 2008 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The number of teacher/pupil sexual misconduct incidents is staggering. The United States Department of Education commissioned a study that found that nearly 10% of all students in the United States...