Sinead O'Connor Was Right
Call to Action -- July 27, 2023
I don’t remember watching Sinead O’Connor rip up her mother’s photo of Pope John Paul II— in 1992, I was barely four years old—yet that image of a shaved-headed, doe-eyed woman throwing the shredded photo at the camera never left my consciousness.
Perhaps it was the American outrage I remembered, outrage more concerned with Sinead’s action than her message: Fight the real enemy.
Winnipeg Free Press - June 17, 2025 Winnipeg, MB - A Winnipeg man is suing the Catholic Archdiocese of Winnipeg, alleging he was repeatedly sexually abused by two priests from ages 5 to 13 in the 1960s and ’70s. The lawsuit claims over 100 assaults by Jesuit priests Harold J. Bedford and Robert L. MacDougall, both now deceased, and accuses the church of failing to protect him. He says he was silenced when he reported the abuse and witnessed other family members being assaulted. The Archdiocese has not yet responded, and the allegations have not been proven in court.
CTV News - June 16, 2025 Saskatoon, SK - A Saskatoon priest found guilty of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl will have to wait to know his fate after a judge reserved her sentencing decision for another date at Saskatoon Provincial Court Monday. The court heard sentencing arguments and victim impact statements after Ukrainian Catholic priest Janko Kolosnjaji was found guilty in February.