Media Morality
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, October 02, 2009 4:10 PM
David Letterman (cbs.com)
Last night on “The Late Show,” David Letterman confessed — in an extremely peculiar and awkward way — about having engaged in sexual acts with female employees of his show.
The revelations came in a lengthy account of what Letterman said was a recent attempt to blackmail him for $2 million in connection with these liaisons. His account was interspersed with jokes, at which the audience... READ MORE
Filed under david letterman, media, roman polanski, sexual abuse
Vatican Sets Record Straight on Sexual Abuse
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:32 PM
Some critical things to know about the nature of acts of sexual abuse committed by priests, its prevalence among Catholic clergy compared to its incidence among other groups, and the response of the Church to the sexual abuse crisis:
• While many speak of child abuse, i.e. pedophilia, it would be more correct to speak of ephebophilia, being a homosexual attraction to adolescent males. Of... READ MORE
Filed under sexual abuse
Episcopalian Abuse Scandal
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, June 12, 2009 1:34 PM
People who think that sexual abuse by clergy is exclusively a Catholic problem, or that only Catholic bishops have mishandled abuse allegations, or that a married priesthood would solve the abuse problem, should read this article.
It’s a recapitulation published by The Houston Press of an egregious abuse scandal in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, involving a married Episcopalian priest who... READ MORE
Filed under episcopal church, sexual abuse
New York Anti-Church Bill
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, March 13, 2009 11:17 AM
First Connecticut, and now New York.
Hot on the heels of the anti-Church bill introduced into the Connecticut Legislature comes a piece of New York legislation about which Dennis Poust, spokesman for the Catholic bishops of New York, said this: “We believe this bill is designed to bankrupt the Catholic Church.”
The bill, which is now before the New York State Assembly, would temporarily... READ MORE
Filed under ny anti-church bill, sexual abuse
Court OKs Vatican Lawsuit
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, March 05, 2009 3:28 PM
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a sexual abuse lawsuit in Oregon against the Vatican can proceed.
It’s the second such ruling in recent months by a U.S. court allowing a sexual-abuse lawsuit to proceed against the Vatican.
The Daily Blog reported here about the first decision by an appeals court in Kentucky, and about why launching suits against the Vatican is enticing to... READ MORE
Filed under lawsuits, sexual abuse, vatican
Trial Lawyers Target Vatican
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:31 AM
Here’s some potentially ominous news for the financial health of the Church.
A Kentucky appeals court has ruled that a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Vatican can continue, Associated Press reported yesterday.
In so doing, the court broke with legal precedent that holds that sovereign states such as the Holy See are immune from these kinds of lawsuits.
The decision by the 6th Appeals Court... READ MORE
Filed under lawsuits, sexual abuse, vatican
How to Form Holy Priests
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:59 AM
Seminarians greet the Pope April 19 at New York's St. Joseph Seminary. (CNS)
The Vatican weighed in today on the subject of using psychological methods in seminaries.
Many Vatican-watchers have concluded erroneously that today’s new Vatican document is intended primarily to address the question of how to avoid ordaining men who might become sexual abusers.
That’s obviously a crucial matter in itself, but the Vatican knows the bigger issue for the Church is whether the... READ MORE
Filed under cardinal grocholewski, priestly formation, seminaries, sexual abuse
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