Entries by SOL Reform

Amy Forliti, St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese hit with criminal charges over handling of clergy abuse claim, Comox Valley Echo

Prosecutors on Friday charged a Roman Catholic Archdiocese over its handling of clergy abuse claims, saying church leaders failed to protect children from unspeakable harm and “turned a blind eye” to repeated reports of inappropriate behaviour by a priest who was later convicted of molesting two boys. The archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as […]

Latest on Hastert: Friend: Reinboldt ‘nicest, kindest soul’, 2 News

A high school friend of Stephen Reinboldt, the man whose family says was sexually abused by former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert, says he was “the nicest, kindest soul.” Pam Snell was a cheerleader when Reinboldt was the equipment manager for the wrestling team at Yorkville High School in Illinois. She remembers traveling with Reinboldt […]

Marci Hamilton, Congressman Mark Foley’s Disgrace and Resignation: What Congress Should Have Learned – And Didn’t – From the Catholic Church Clergy Abuse Scandal

On September 30, notoriously, Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress after evidence surfaced to show that Foley had sent highly inappropriate instant messages to a teenage boy who is a former congressional page. Foley, of course, isn’t the only one in trouble: Congressional leaders are in very hot water too. Neither House Speaker Dennis […]

JULIE BOSMAN and DAVE PHILIPPS, Woman Says Dennis Hastert Abused Her Brother in High School, The New York Times

As an enthusiastic young teacher and wrestling coach at the high school here, former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert reliably had one student at his side, former classmates say. Stephen Reinboldt, a smart, slender, likable student who rose to become class president, was the wrestling team’s equipment manager. For four years, he arrived at practice […]