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Catholic Church Abuses Sex Abuse Victims

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Kali Handelman

It’s been more than a decade since the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal rocked Boston. In that time, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has provided national support to victims of abuse. But recently SNAP is finding that the Church’s new approach to managing national lawsuits is not apology and reparation but counter-attack. Seeking to prove that SNAP is not a “rape crisis center” the Church is subpoenaing to access confidential communication between SNAP and victims, thus exposing victims to public scrutiny. Continue Reading →

Evangelicals, Not Invited to the 9/11 Party

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Kali Handelman

The best and most prominent reminder of the diversity of American Christian thought arrived on the New York City mayor’s desk this week, in the form of a petition with 62,000 signatures. It was written by that epicenter of hate speech, The Family Research Council (and City Councilman Fernando Cabrera, a Bronx pastor). FRC’s beef? That the ceremony at the World Trade Center tomorrow will not include pastors or priests. Each year, in a ceremony format now a decade old, moments of silence break up the hours-long reading of names of those who died. Representatives from across the religious spectrum attend. But the petitioners want explicit prayers and they want them from their own leaders. Continue Reading →