A.W. Richard Sipe, expert on celibacy and clerical sex abuse, dies at 85 in his La Jolla home - The San Diego Union-Tribune

A.W. Richard Sipe, a priest and psychotherapist whose research on celibacy and the Roman Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal earned him popular renown and official scorn, died Wednesday in his Mount Soledad home. He was 85.

His son, Dr. Walter Sipe, attributed the cause of death to multiple organ failure.

Sipe’s work was instrumental in the 2002 Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” reports, which led to a worldwide revolt against Catholic clergy who had sexually assaulted children. After initial denials, church leaders slowly agreed to reforms.

In 2017, though, Sipe argued that the problem persisted, fueled in part by the secret sex lives of Catholic clergy.

“From the top down,” he told the Union-Tribune, “it hasn’t changed.

A.W. Richard Sipe, expert on celibacy and clerical sex abuse, dies at 85 in his La Jolla home - The San Diego Union-Tribune

ADDENDUM::Sexual abuse is not just a Catholic problem | Catholic Globe

I have mentioned my issues with Tchivividjian before and find it odd that references is being made to his review as the RCC can "end this all" if one man spoke up. Now granted the author does have a point, not just Catholics, but to hide behind that premise is bogus.  Take a look at the 2000 year-old book that condones children as chattel and a doctrine that represses sexuality and expression first as the commonalities.  It is not just the silence that kills youthful spirit, but the dogma you hold dear.  "One may ask, finally, why the Catholic situation has not received fair treatment in the print and electronic media. The answer: the media themselves, which often seem rather less interested in exposing child abuse at all levels of society than in Catholic-bashing."

The movie “Spotlight” (which I saw last week, and thought remarkably fair – not at all expressive of the familiar media attacks on the Catholic Church) has again opened up discussion about the issue of child abuse in the Catholic Church. The movie portrays the disastrous handling of sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Boston over a number of decades.

“Boz” Tchivividjian (don’t ask me how to pronounce the name) offered an insightful commentary, titled “Spotlight: It’s Not Just a Catholic Problem,” in a Religion News Service blog last week. Tchivividjian, a former child abuse prosecutor, the founder and executive director of ABUSE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment), and a professor of law at Liberty University (and I would guess a Baptist) argued that child sex abuse is just as prevalent in the Protestant churches as it is in the Catholic Church.

Regarding the movie “Spotlight,” Tchivividjian writes: “Some may be tempted to watch this film with disgust at the Catholic Church and a sigh of relief for Protestants.

Sexual abuse is not just a Catholic problem | Catholic Globe

JoAnn Wypijewski from Counterpunch SHREDS the Boston Globe, Spotlight, and more

We all know the accolades the movie Spotlight has received.  According to this website and author JoAnn Wypijewski it may not be deserved.  As I have yet to watch the movie I have no opinions to this article in regards to fact or otherwise.

We at TheMediaReport.com are not the only ones angered that Hollywood awarded the factually challenged movie Spotlight its Best Picture prize at the Oscars Sunday night.

Veteran left-wing journalist JoAnn Wypijewski – who herself was in Boston during the spring of 2002 reporting on the Catholic sex abuse story – has just unleashed a stinging attack on the Boston Globe, the makers of Spotlight, the media, Church-suing contingency lawyers, and so-called "survivors" in a new piece in the left-wing blog, CounterPunch. This is truly a must-read piece,,,

JoAnn Wypijewski from Counterpunch SHREDS the Boston Globe, Spotlight, and more