Posts tagged priests

• Bishops and Thugs: How the Catholic Church is Shaping Health Care Legislation

  Paul Kiesel | November 11, 2009 7:07 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From MSNBC: WASHINGTON - Catholic bishops have emerged as a formidable force in the health care overhaul fight, using their clout with millions of Catholics and working behind the scenes in...

• The Catholic Church Still Doesn't Want You to Know Its Secrets

  Paul Kiesel | July 23, 2009 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From the Associated Press: NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut sought Friday to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep under wraps sex abuse documents that could shed...

• Catholic Church "Repentant" Over Irish Abuse Scandal, Past and Present Actions Contradict Its Rhetoric

  Paul Kiesel | June 10, 2009 6:07 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From Reuters: DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish bishops said they were ashamed, humbled and repentant about widespread abuse of children at Catholic-run schools after victims marched silently to the Irish...

• Sexual Abuse of Children was 'Endemic' and Covered Up by the Clergy in Ireland

  Paul Kiesel | May 22, 2009 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From Bloomberg: May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sexual abuse of children in Irish state and church-run institutions for boys was “endemic” and covered up by the clergy, according to a...

• Hundreds of Children Beaten, Sexually Abused and "Terrorized" for Decades at Catholic-run Schools in Ireland

  Paul Kiesel | May 20, 2009 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from London -- Boys and girls were beaten, sexually abused and emotionally terrorized for decades in workhouse-style schools run by Ireland's Catholic Church,...

• Message to Notre Dame Response Group: President Obama's the Least of Your Worries

  Paul Kiesel | May 12, 2009 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A group of students -- a very small group of students -- from Notre Dame University made a short movie trailer (a la Hollywood-summer-blockbuster trailers) in an attempt to rally support around...

• Another Sex Abuse Trial Against the Catholic Church Set to Begin: Seattle isn't Fresno

  Paul Kiesel | May 05, 2009 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  ...At least for the victims' the sake, let's hope Seattle is different from Fresno. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Archdiocese, Jury Selection is expected to begin later this week in a sex...

• Why Cardinal Mahony is Wrong About the Catholic Church Being Safer Today for Children

  Paul Kiesel | April 24, 2009 8:32 PM | 4 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From The Times: by Tom Perry There is a common reaction from people whenever I talk about the sexual abuse that I and other pupils suffered at the hands of teachers at Caldicott boarding school in...

• The Atlantic: Noonan, Sex Abuse and Torture

  Paul Kiesel | April 21, 2009 6:39 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Below is a brief and insightful blog from The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan: 21 Apr 2009 03:20 pm Noonan, Sex Abuse And Torture Am I the only one to free associate from Peggy Noonan's infamous...

• AP: Former Priest Claims Molestation by Childhood Priest

  Paul Kiesel | April 20, 2009 8:17 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  From The Associated Press: ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — A former Roman Catholic priest filed a lawsuit Monday claiming that as a teenager in Southern California he was abused by a priest who was his...