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June 04, 2022

A Word On Ohio’s New “Save Women’s Sports” Act

My daughter, Rose, is a tomboy. She is not transgender. She's a ten-year-old girl...

February 2022

February 10, 2022

We Didn’t Make You Sin

As we learned yesterday, the discourse on social media is about modesty again. Specifically, it's...

February 10, 2022

It Wasn’t About Modest Attire

The first time I was touched in a sexual way, I was eight. A loathsome...

February 20, 2020

Fifty Years Ago, If a Guy Said to a Girl…

I don't usually comment on "The Transformed Wife," whose real name is Lori Alexander. I...

January 2020

January 22, 2020

Why the Legionaries of Christ Cannot be Reformed

No doubt many of you have read the shocking article in the Associated Press,...

December 2019

December 23, 2019

The Legionaries of Christ Report: All I Can Ask Is, “Why?”

The lay arm of the Legionaries of Christ is called Regnum Christi, and the...

October 2019

October 09, 2019

If Women Had Faces

There are so many serious things to talk about today. A million and one grave...

September 2019

September 14, 2019

Father Leo Patalinghug’s Unchaste Aerobics

I don't usually pay much mind to Father Leo Patalinghug. He's just one of those...

July 2019

July 08, 2019

A Bad Feast for Victims

We got through another Feast of Saint Maria Goretti and its aftermath, somehow. It's over...

July 07, 2019

A Drunk, an Exorcism, and a Flippant Seminarian

It's been a rough twenty-four hours on the internet. It started Friday evening, with a...

June 2019

June 09, 2019

Modesty, Distraction, and Humiliation: More on the Bare Shoulder Controversy

The dust is still settling in the case of the priest embarrassing a...

June 05, 2019

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Owns Up to a Horror

I have often been to Mass in the Roman Catholic diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, which covers...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

On the Sexual Harassment of Seminarians in the Diocese of Buffalo

I have just read a deeply upsetting article about the Diocese of Buffalo. I encourage...

April 10, 2019

A Word on Pope Emeritus Benedict’s Statement

I have just finished reading Pope Emeritus Benedict's remarks which were released today. I've never...

March 2019

March 14, 2019

Catholic Authenticity, Church Militant, And the Smearing of Abused Women

Today, I'm feeling less hopeful than ever that the Catholic Church has learned her lesson...

March 10, 2019

More on Christ the Victim, And the Necessity of Speaking Out

I was going to let the trolls take over the combox and retire on...

February 2019

February 22, 2019

Patrick Madrid Accidentally Explains the Sex Abuse Crisis

Today I saw three tweets that enraged me, and then they made me sad....

February 18, 2019

How Ought We Respond to the Times Article on Gay Priests?

I'm going to have the comments off today, because I'm going to talk about a...

February 13, 2019

What is a Sodomite, Anyway?

Last night I got into an argument with someone who kept talking about "Sodomites." He...

January 2019

January 08, 2019

When the Victim is Female…

It was only a matter of time before the defenses started. Yesterday it was brought...

December 2018

December 10, 2018

A Word on Justice Kavanaugh’s First Pro-life Ruling

So. A couple of months ago now, when just about every rape survivor...

December 05, 2018

No, Pregnancy is Not a Sin

"Thou hast committed fornication; but that was in another country; and besides, the wench...

November 2018

November 24, 2018

A Parade, a Kiss, and a Longing for the Beautiful

Thanksgiving. I've been wanting to write something Thanksgiving-themed all week but I got so...

November 01, 2018

A Legacy of Scandal: Sheltering Abuse at Franciscan University

I loved Father Mike Scanlan. I know that I have been less than complimentary...

October 2018

October 04, 2018

We Might All Try Respecting Each Other

There's an odd political cartoon going the rounds on facebook. No, I'm not talking about...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Why Brett Kavanaugh?

I've got a question for the group today. I am probably going to moderate comments...

September 25, 2018

My Catholic School Taught Me That Victims Should Be Silent

I went to a Catholic school named after the Virgin Mary, when I was...

September 20, 2018

Sexual Assault is not a Teenage Rite of Passage

I have heard many different responses to the accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Most of...

September 19, 2018

No, Dennis Prager, That’s Not Empowerment

My daughter, Rosie, used to love tearing up the National Review. I don't remember who...

September 17, 2018

What “Boys Will be Boys” Really Means

My friend Lindsay posted a facebook status today that had me jumping out of...