AltWeeklies Wire
Pulpit Nonfictionnew
Alleged victim of sex abuse by San Francisco clergy is writing a book.
Tags: religion
Troubled Ordernew
Faced with lingering sex abuse complaints, the Salesians of St. John Bosco take their lumps in court.
Tags: religion
Moonstrucknew
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon has opened an unexpected front in his struggle to win a broader audience for his messianic pretensions: African-American churches and their preachers.
Tags: religion
Levada's Secretnew
As he prepares to be deposed next week, former San Francisco Archbishop William Levada may have to come clean about a priestly child molester he protected in Portland.
House of the Accusednew
When priests within the Salesian order based in San Francisco were accused of sex abuse, the leaders chose to keep quiet.
Tags: Catholic Church, church sex abuse
Top Church Official Turned Blind Eye Toward Accused Priestnew
Pope Benedict XVI named William J. Levada Roman Catholicism's top doctrinal watchdog -- even though, as San Francisco archbishop, Levada resolutely looked away from sex-abuse complaints against a renowned priest and legal scholar.
