I am providing this link to John Salveson's article in Notre Dame Magazine. As President of Foundation to Abolish Child Sexual Abuse (FACSA), Mr. Salveson is leading the charge to change laws to protect children and vulnerable adults from sexual predators and the institutions that have protected those predators. His frustrations are very similar to frustrations that I… Continue reading FACSA President’s Recent Article in Notre Dame Magazine
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Crickets, silence on the net…
"When one goes looking for something, one rarely finds it, but when you least expect it, the object of your search tends to fly up in front of you.” This is a hard topic to write about. What happened all those years ago, the coverup by the church, the discord in the survivor community. I… Continue reading Crickets, silence on the net…
Justice4pakids-5k Run/Walk & 1 Mile Kid Run
Passed along from a friend in PA: Justice4pakids-5k Run/Walk & 1 Mile Kid Run On May 4th, 2013 8am come out and run or walk the beautiful Chester Valley Trail located near Exton, PA. Punch into your GPS 140 Church Farm Lane Exton, PA as this is our starting point! There is plenty of parking,… Continue reading Justice4pakids-5k Run/Walk & 1 Mile Kid Run
…And the Lord seemed to sleep…
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came as a shock to the Catholic Church and the world. In the last month pundits have examined and speculated on the reasons for his sudden retirement and the tremor that went through the Catholic faithful in the aftermath of the announcement. In what is being touted as his… Continue reading …And the Lord seemed to sleep…
Is there a Survivor’s Community?
The past year has seen some spectacular events that have given some hope to survivors of child sexual abuse at the hands pedophile predators in our society. Indeed this crisis knows no borders and is not limited to those of a certain faith. We have seen the conviction of a Catholic Bishop for covering up… Continue reading Is there a Survivor’s Community?
SNAPpish
I put a blog post on January 16 entitled 99,601. I thought it was pretty innocuous, more of a "I'm still out here" piece than anything else. It drew a vitriolic response from one reader who decided that it was more of an exercise in narcissism and that I should be taking a more vocal stand… Continue reading SNAPpish
PA Legislators Reintroduce Child Sex Abuse Legislation
The State Assembly in Harrisburg will be taking up the issue of child abuse legislation again. The following is the first two paragraphs of an article on what went on in Harrisburg earlier this week. Click on the link below to read the full story. "Representatives Michael McGeehan (D-Philadelphia) and Louise Bishop (D-Philadelphia) were joined… Continue reading PA Legislators Reintroduce Child Sex Abuse Legislation
And they will know we are Christians by our love…
It never fails to amaze me that the some of the nastiest comments that come into this blog are from self-proclaimed good Catholics. A case in point, in the last week I have had two comments come in from "Ted Conley" (NDHS East Stroudsburg class of 83?). The first comment I will assume is for me, the… Continue reading And they will know we are Christians by our love…
First Conviction of a Catholic Bishop…
Buried in the news, during this political season, was an article in the New York Times that the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kansas City was convicted at a bench trial on one misdemeanor charge and not guilty on a second charge, for failing to report a priest who had taken hundreds of pornographic pictures of young girls. He was sentenced… Continue reading First Conviction of a Catholic Bishop…
RCC Playbook III – The Church is the Real Victim!
The Church is the Real Victim There is nothing more offensive to me personally as the defensive tactics embraced by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. In this installment of the "Playbook," we will take a look at how the RCC spins the sexual crime crisis to make the RCC look like the victim. Ignore the… Continue reading RCC Playbook III – The Church is the Real Victim!
Off My Knees - A Blog by Michael Baumann 