A powerful Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church has been ordered to stand for two trials for the abuse of minors. The judge in the case ruled that the two trials are necessary because the spat of allegations from two separate time periods, the 1970’s and the 1990’s, and should be tried separately. On Wednesday, […]
Larry Nassar’s Former Boss Linked to Sex Abuse Allegations
The former dean of Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Strampel, allegedly paid pay medical students up to $100-an-hour for nude modeling sessions and invasive practice exams — which included breast and pelvic inspections, according to prosecutors. Strampel has already been accused of sexually abusing athletes in similar fashion as Dr. Larry Nassar, […]
Bill Cosby Guilty of Sexual Assault
After a previous sex assault trial ended in a mistrial, a new jury found actor Bill Cosby guilty on all three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault. While many women have come forward in the past few years to accuse Cosby of drugging them in order to sexually assault them, it was Andrea Constand, a […]
Diocese of Rockville Centre Knows How to Deal with Pedophile Priests
The Diocese of Rockville Centre is home to 1.5 million Catholics living in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, a region known better as Long Island. It is the sixth largest diocese in the United States and approximately 60 of its priests have been accused of the sexual abuse of children. But Rockville Centre knows […]
Is the Catholic Church Capable of Transparency and Truth Telling?
The recent Lettergate scandal coupled with the US bishops inability to reveal the truth about the history of sexual abuse within their own dioceses leads one to ask “Is the Catholic Church able to tell the truth?” Lettergate has become a public relations nightmare after the Vatican selectively released portions of a letter that implied […]
