Father John Loftus SJ

Jesuit priest, former Executive Director of Southdown, and member of Justice Normand Glaude’s Advisory Panel Jesuit priest Father John Allan Loftus, former Executive Director of Southdown, Canada’s prima facility for “treating” clerical sexual abusers,  has been an advocate and active proponent … Continue reading

Prestige of clergy helped hide abuse

Cornwall Standard Freeholder Friday, August 31, 2007 – 08:00 Terri Saunders Local News – The prestige bestowed upon a priest once contributed to a culture of silence surrounding child sexual abuse, the Cornwall Public Inquiry heard Thursday. Rev. Tom Doyle … Continue reading

Commentary on From Pain to Hope

Our tongue-tied bishops’ politically-correct response to clerical homosexual predators [The Orator Vol. 10 No. 1, Jan-March 1999] In the late 1980s, a spate of sexual abuse charges was levelled against a number of Newfoundland’s diocesan clergy; these were accompanied by … Continue reading

Commentary on From Pain to Hope

Our tongue-tied bishops’ politically-correct response to clerical homosexual predators The Orator Vol. 10 No. 1, Jan-March 1999 In the late 1980s, a spate of sexual abuse charges was levelled against a number of Newfoundland’s diocesan clergy; these were accompanied by … Continue reading