October 08, 2018
By Sheila Vilvens and Jessie Balmert, October 8, 2018, Cincinnati Enquirer
It's time for Ohio to investigate sex crimes by Catholic Church clergy. That was the message from advocates holding protests and press conferences around Ohio.
A group called SNAP, short for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, held a news conference at 1 p.m. Monday in front of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's Cincinnati office. Three SNAP protestors showed up holding pictures of children from around the country who say they were abused.
October 06, 2018
By Jake Stofan, Oct 05, 2018, WJHG.com 7
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) - Victims are already coming forward just 24 hours after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the state's investigation into sexual abuse of children by the Catholic church.
A Pennsylvania grand jury report released in August identified 301 Catholic priests, including at least 14 with ties to Florida, who sexually abused what is believed to be more than 1,000 children spanning decades.
“I couldn't sleep that night,” said Bondi in a press conference Thursday.
October 04, 2018
October 4, 2018, Associated Press, WFTV
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Florida has launched a statewide criminal investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic priests and is asking past victims to share information with legal authorities. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday her office has set up a website that will allow people to report incidents of past sexual abuse.
October 03, 2018
By Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News, October 3, 2018
Police seized clergy misconduct records from all of Michigan's Catholic dioceses after serving several search warrants across the state within an hour of each other Wednesday morning.
Diocesan officials in Lansing, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Marquette, Kalamazoo and Gaylord confirmed the searches took place Wednesday as part of the Attorney General's Office investigation into the dioceses' handling of clergy sexual abuse of minors. The dioceses said they cooperated fully with authorities.
October 03, 2018
By Christopher Weber, Oct 3, 2018, ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - A man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by his parish priest said Tuesday he is suing all Catholic bishops in California and the Archdiocese of Chicago, seeking to compel Church officials to release records on clergy abuse.
The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles by Thomas Emens claims a civil conspiracy among Church officials to cover up clergy sexual assault and move offending priests to other parishes.
October 02, 2018
By Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 1, 2018
Two Catholic bishops accused of failing to protect children from abusive priests are being edited out of church training videos about preventing child abuse.
The videos, titled “A Time to Protect God’s Children” and “A Plan to Protect God’s Children,” are widely used by Catholic dioceses across the country in mandatory training programs for volunteers, coaches, teachers and others who work for the church.
October 01, 2018
ROME - As U.S. bishops work to formulate an official response to clerical sexual abuse and cover-up, a new watchdog group backed by wealthy Catholics is seeking to take matters into their own hands.
A new organization, which held an RSVP-only event on Sunday evening, plans to spend more than $1 million in the next year investigating every member of the College of Cardinals “to name those credibly accused in scandal, abuse, or cover-ups.”
September 30, 2018
By MICHAEL KELLY, September 28, 2018, Marrietta Times
Diocese of Steubenville will publish names of abusers in October
The Diocese of Steubenville, which includes several parishes in Washington County, announced Wednesday it will publish the names of priests in the diocese against whom credible allegations of sex abuse have been made and who have been removed from active ministry.
Diocese Communications director Dino Orsatti said Wednesday the list, which is expected to include between 12 and 20 names, will appear on the diocese website around the end of October.
September 29, 2018
By MARCI HAMILTON, SEP 28, 2018, NY Daily News
Prof. Christine Blasey Ford was sincere, compelling and credible when she testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding her allegations of attempted sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. What she described was precise, vivid and chilling. Her suffering was real and rang true to someone who had suffered sexual attack.
The early morning descriptions from Kavanaugh’s camp were that he was “incandescent.” Well, he was certainly worked up to a self-righteous indignation … that the process had not moved more quickly. He repeatedly complained that he had asked to testify the day after her allegations appeared. He was peeved that he had not been given immediate access to a platform, which he appears to believe would have stemmed the others.