Tag Archives: molestation

Over the last seven days… Belgium: Brussels Archdiocese promises to compensate 500 victims of molestation by church workers. At least 13 suicides are thought to have resulted from the attacks.North Carolina: Pastor John Jackson charged with additional felony counts of embezzling from his church. Last month Jackson was charged with using church funds to insure his five Cadillacs.Ontario: Pastor Emmanual …

Over the last seven days… Wisconsin: Pastor David E. Radtke charged with sexual assault on a 16 year-old student.Georgia: Pastor David Pope charged with child molestation.Wisconsin: Father Michael Nowak charged with making obscene phone calls to underage girls.Kentucky: Pastor Jeremy Caraway charged with child rape.Arizona: Two Mormon bishops will not be charged for failing to report a church member who …

Time Magazine reports: The latest sex-abuse case to rock the Catholic Church is unfolding in the archdiocese of an influential Italian Cardinal who has been working with Pope Benedict XVI on reforms to respond to prior scandals of pedophile priests. Father Riccardo Seppia, a 51-year-old parish priest in the village of Sastri Ponente, near Genoa, was arrested last Friday, May …

According to a five year study commissioned by the Catholic Church, the real reason all those priests committed child molestation is because they were “poorly prepared and monitored” during the social tumult of the sexual revolution. Blame it on Woodstock. The researchers concluded that it was not possible for the church, or for anyone, to identify abusive priests in advance. …

Over the last seven days… South Carolina: Pastor Charles Ledford arrested for embezzling over $250K from his church.Louisiana: Pastor Elijah Mealancon busted for stealing $100K from an elderly parishioner.New Brunswick: Father Charles Jean Picot found guilty of child molestation.Georgia: Pastor Kenneth Terrell pleads guilty to embezzling $200K from his church. Terrell has been arrested 27 times in the past.Missouri: Father …

Over the last seven days… Texas: Pastor Julio Perez charged with murder for hiring a hit man to shoot his wife.Mississippi: Pastor Eddie Prince charged with downloading child porn on a public library computer.Washington DC: Whistleblower lawsuit filed against Catholic Charities for charging the poor for flu shots meant to be free under a government-funded program.New York: Father Francis McCloskey …

Connecticut lawmakers says they are shocked by the Catholic Church’s opposition to a proposed lifting of the statute of limitations on lawsuits for the sexual abuse of minors. “I’m just so surprised they are opposing this. We certainly had the sense last year that they would not,” Sen. Beth Bye, D-West Hartford, said of the bill she proposed that eliminates …

Over the last seven days… Alabama: Pastor Barry Albert Cook charged with sexual abuse and torture of a child.South Carolina: Pastor Jonathan Roberts charged with felonious theft of church money.New York: Father Thomas Kreiser charged with using $25K in church donations for online gambling.Wisconsin: Pastor Philip Caminiti charged with eight felony counts of child abuse for beating children as young …

Pastor Brent Girouex of Council Bluffs, Iowa told detectives that he had sex with the four boys he’s accused of molesting in order to help them achieve “sexual purity in the eyes of God.” Court documents indicated Girouex told investigators the most sexual contact he had was with one teen over a four-year period, starting when the boy was 14 …

In a move that is being described as the most sweeping in the history of the American Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has suspended 21 priests accused of sexual abuse or “inappropriate behavior with minors.” The Archdiocese is refusing to identify the the suspended priests and most parishioners will learn of their priest’s involvement when he fails to appear …

Over the last seven days… Virginia: Pastor Jason Bolton charged with stalking an underage girl. He has a previous arrest for statutory rape.New York: Rabbi Nechemya Weberman arrested for molestation of 12 year-old girl.Georgia: Pastor Albert Turnell charged with possession and distribution of child porn.Alabama: Pastor Michael Wilkerson charged with writing a bad check to purchase $111K Mercedes. He previously …

The Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has announced a sweeping investigation of molestation accusations and has named 37 priests as suspected child abusers. The Catholic Church in Philadelphia will investigate as many as 37 priests identified in a grand jury report as remaining in “active ministry with credible allegations of child sexual abuse,” Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, said Wednesday. …

In a 60 Minutes interview to be aired this Sunday, freshman GOP Sen. Scott Brown reveals that he was molested by an adult male camp counselor while a young boy. Brown told interviewer Lesley Stahl that even his mother didn’t know about the abuse. “That’s what happens when you’re a victim. You’re embarrassed. You’re hurt,” he said. Brown said the …

A Wisconsin lawyer representing victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy says he suspects that New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan hid $130M in church money in order to avoid paying molestation settlements. Prior to his present assignment, Dolan was Archbishop of Milwaukee. The lawyer, Jeffrey R. Anderson, who represents clients in 23 lawsuits against the Milwaukee Archdiocese, said $75 million …

Over the last seven days…. California: Pastor Tommy Gene Daniels held on $6M bail for six felony counts of molesting girls as young as five years old.Massachusetts: Father Gary Mercure on trial for molesting two altar boys.South Carolina: Pastor Daniel Belcher charged with embezzling $200,000 from a former employer.Britain: Catholic Church settles lawsuit filed by three brothers molested by the …

Over the last seven days… New York: Pastor Michael Clare charged with first degree rape of 12 year-old girl.South Carolina: Pastor Ronald Satterfield charged with running a $3.3M Ponzi scheme that wiped out dozens of his congregants.Texas: Pastor Larry Gene Martin charged with aggravated sexual assault on a 12 year-old girl.Texas: Pastor Randy Carl Russell charged with making a terrorist …

Yesterday it was reported that in 1997 the Vatican ordered Ireland’s bishops not to report pedophile priests to the police. In response, today Catholic League president Bill Donohue issued a typically bizarre rant about Jews, liberals, and the New York Times. Last month, several media outlets ran a story on how a rabbinical court in Brooklyn ordered its 10,000 members …

In a just-revealed 1997 letter, a Vatican representative for the soon to be sainted Pope John Paul II warned Ireland’s bishops not to report pedophile priests to the police. The letter, obtained by Irish broadcasters RTE and provided to The Associated Press, documents the Vatican’s rejection of a 1996 Irish church initiative to begin helping police identify pedophile priests following …

Over the last seven days… Nevada: Pastor Otis Holland arrested for molesting a seven year-old girl. Holland was arrested last year on similar charges.New York: Pastor Jason LaPierre arrested for embezzling over $400,000 from a credit union.Ontario: Father James Boudreau arrested for sexual assault on a child.Belgium: Father Eric Dejaeger accused of molesting multiple children in Canada. He has already …