News Story of the Day

By Eric Kurhi, [email protected]  

MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Victim advocates Friday called for the ouster of a psychiatrist and former priest who has practiced at El Camino Hospital for decades, citing accusations that he had molested two teenage girls years ago.

Thursday, December 4, 2014 3:00 am  From staff reports  

A Texas jury on Tuesday sentenced a former Catholic priest and Omaha native who once served in Nebraska to 30 years in prison for the aggravated sexual assault of a 16-year-old, according to a report by a San Antonio television station.

Updated TODAY, December 3, 2014     By Van Darden  Web - News Editor  KSAT.com

Boston Globe Editorials   December 2, 2014

Madeleine Baran · St. Paul, Minn. · Dec 1, 2014

By Rod Dreher • November 26, 2014, 2:20 PM

I want to bring you up to date on a couple of stories we’ve been talking about a lot on this blog in the past few days.  First, I want to thank a reader for sending me this story as a follow-up to  . . .

Read more here

Source: AAP 26 NOV 2014 - 5:20 PM 

The UN Committee against Torture is this week expected to address the powers of Australia's child abuse royal commission, with implications for Australian-Vatican relations.

By Rod Dreher • November 24, 2014, 1:20 PM

Pope Francis this past September named an American Jesuit, Fr. Robert Geisinger, formerly the head of the Chicago Jesuits, to be the Vatican’s top prosecutor for serious crimes, including child sexual abuse.

By Abby Ohlheiser November 24 at 11:27 AM

An American priest who was appointed by the Vatican to prosecute sex-abuse cases previously played a role in the church’s failure to remove one of the most infamous abusive priests from the ministry, according to an investigation by the Boston Globe.

By Amy Forliti
Associated Press

A lawsuit filed Thursday by four men who say they were molested by a priest in the 1970s claims a Catholic order created a public nuisance when it failed to warn families that the priest could pose a risk.