Jesus Praised Celibacy! Are You Smarter Than Jesus?

It’s one thing to be an atheist and pin the blame on celibacy for the priest  scandal, which is exactly what the New Atheists did.  And so did an Australian Royal Commission, which published a massive report on sexual abuse last December.  In this video, I document how so many of the headlines on the Australian […]

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Australian Report on Child Abuse Blames Celibacy

  The Australian Royal Commission on Child Abuse just published its final report December 15, 2017. All the headlines are reporting that the Royal Commission blames celibacy, but as this segment from New Walden shows, celibacy shouldn’t be blamed at all.  In this brief twelve-minute video, I provide some sorely needed perspective for the priest […]

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Spotlight on Fr. Ted

In a previous post, I mentioned the notorious Fr. Ted Llanos, the priest who trained me to be an altar boy back in 1974, and I explained why I believed the allegations against him. (You can find those allegations online by clicking on the link, above.) The information in Fr. Ted’s online file rings true […]

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“Spotlight” on the Big Picture

When Marty Baron, former editor of the Boston Globe, directed his Spotlight reporters “to focus on the institution,” he was quite laudably pursuing the big picture of clergy sexual abuse. But the big picture is exactly what the media has been missing now for more than fourteen years. For the big picture would recognize that, […]

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Oscar-Nominated “Spotlight” on Child Abuse

It’s no surprise that the movie Spotlight has been nominated for a best picture Oscar. The critics have been predicting big wins for the movie, and not without justification. It really is a terrific film in so many ways. But I am not writing about Spotlight to add one more glowing review, for I’m no […]

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