Another example of the dangers of hidden and protected sexual predators within the Catholic priesthood and various religious orders world-wide.
A March 15, 2016 article on www.aol.com quotes Pennsylvania Attorney General, Kathleen Kane, “Three members of a Franciscan religious order were criminally charged with conspiracy on Tuesday for letting a friar, who was a known predator, hold jobs in which he sexually abused more than 80 children.”
An Editor’s note appears at the beginning of this…..
11-’15 SPOTLIGHT movie review
This is a heads-up for anyone still doubting the truth of clergy sexual abuse reports being made against priests in the Catholic Church. This movie exposes the Church Officials’ appalling behavior in just the Boston area; shocking everyone in 2002.
I recently viewed Spotlight at a St Louis South County theatre. Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams portray journalists assigned to investigate reports by abuse survivors in Boston. A specific investigative team of the Globe…..
This November 7, 2015 article by Bill Draper, Associated Press, appeared on www.stltoday.com.
“Kansas City – A Missouri prosecutor has called out members of a small community for shunning a sexual abuse victim while publicly supporting a community leader who confessed to molesting her for more than a decade.”
Three cheers for prosecuting attorney, Eric Zahnd. He was speaking of sixteen residents of Dearborn, a small town of about 500 residents in northwest Missouri, who strongly supported Darren Paden…..
A lot of people ask me, “Why did you write this book?”
Learning back in the late 80s that my own brother, a Catholic priest, was a child molester, completely stunned me, but I didn’t doubt my daughter’s words as she painfully spoke of her Uncle Norman’s behavior. I thank God she found the courage to tell me about him.
I called a close family friend who had been a good support through rough times in our lives, a priest…..
ONLINE RADIO INTERVIEW for No Longer on Pedestals Toginet Radio http://tunein.com/radio/iUniverse-p601022/
After learning in 1988 that my brother had been sexually abusing young boys, I had gone to a Church official, expecting him to tell me that he was being watched or in therapy. I expected an answer.
I received no information at all.
When I spoke with the church official, he told me that this was not my problem to worry about, and the Church would take care of everything. As time passed, decade-by-decade, I continued to question Church officials…..