Stephen Brady, a dedicated lay Catholic who has done more than probably any other person to reveal the depth and breadth of the sexual scandals of the Catholic church, is in the hospital after a serious motorcycle accident–he struck a deer.
Poor Mark Shea. And I mean it–I sympathize with him. He’s taken a strong stand against torture–a stand that would seem to be a no-brainer for any Christian. He was interviewed on “Relevant Radio,” and … well, read his post.
Update: You can’t read it now, because he took it down. They told him the interview, [...]
Houston Press–Parish Predators: Trial Set in Molestation Case against Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.
After three years of legal wrangling, a trial has been set in the case of four men who sued the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston for alleged negligence related to sexual abuse they suffered at a diocesan parish in the mid-1990s. The trial has been set [...]
Bishop Robert Brom of San Diego is asking priests to forfeit a month’s salary to pay the $198.1 million settlement against the diocese for the sexual abuse of children. Some of his priests came up with the idea. A copy of the bishop’s letter notes that this request is so that the priests can have [...]
