Paul Shanley will walk out of Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, Massachusetts this morning a relatively free man. Shanley was convicted in 2005 of rape and abuse of a child and has been in prison ever since. He was also a Catholic priest, ordained in 1960, who raped and sexually abused scores of young children. If you followed the priest abuse scandal that broke in Boston in the early 2000's, you've heard of him. He was notorious. Ordained by Cardinal Richard Cushing in 1960, … [Read more...]
The Fish Rots From the Head-Catholic Church Corruption and Child Sex Abuse
The fish rots from the head down. Ain't it true. An Italian proverb with Greek origins. Il pesce comincia a puzzare dalla testa. London's Daily Mirror is reporting, "Vatican police have broken up a gay orgy at the home of the secretary to one of Pope Francis’s key advisers, it has been claimed. The flat belonged to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, or Holy Office, which is in charge of tackling sexual abuse amongst the clergy. Reports in Italy claim the … [Read more...]
