Subject: John Lenihan

• The Annotated Bishop Brown Deposition

  Today, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gail Andler ruled that a Sept. 10 deposition of Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown for the Jeff Andrade case be released to the public. As a public service announcement, the Weekly presents an annotated version after the jump with beaucoup hotlinks. Warning: the spin of Brown and diocesan attorney Peter Callahan will cause nausea worthy of Magic Mountain. And for much more background, read our Ex Cathedra and Andrade archives. Pg. 13: Brown

  September 13, 2007

• KOCE Docu on OC Catholics Funded (Mostly) by Pedo-Spinners

  It's still to be seen what exactly will KOCE-TV Channel 50's much-hyped documentary about Orange County Catholic life will contain (how much you wanna bet not a peep about the pedophile priests that terrorized county parishes for a quarter century?), but the Weekly can report that most of its principal funders helped the Diocese of Orange spin its sex-abuse scandal in one way or another. The four sponsors listed for Matters of Faith (airing April 28th at 7 p.m.) are the law offices of Aitken, A

  April 16, 2008

• Stalinism, Sex Abuse and the Catholic Diocese of Orange

  Under the reign of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown, the Catholic Diocese of Orange has lied, spun, hid, dismissed, excused, and ignored its shameful sex-abuse scandal--no surprise there. But never in my four years of reporting on the story have I ever encountered such a ridiculous action as the one I'm about to explain. Look closely at the picture to the left of this post. It's from the Orange diocese's new history of itself, which I reviewed this week. Pay special attention to the space between the

  June 2, 2008

• Wishful Adding

  January 8, 2004

• Meet OC's New Pedo-Apologizing Bishop, Same as the Old Pedo-Apologizing Bishop

  *Updated, with new info on the bottom...The Vatican announced today that the Rev. Cirilo Flores, currently at St. Anne's in SanTana, is now the new auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Orange, replacing homo-hating pedo-apologist Jaime Soto. It's obviously an affirmative action hire, not only because Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown needs a token Latino alongside his token Vietnamese, Bishop Dominic Luong, but because His Excellency needs to please the pedo-apologists in his flock, a significant consti

  January 5, 2009

• Board of Supes Invite Pedo-Priest Apologist To Give Invocation This Monday**

  What is it with the Orange County Board of Supervisors and their love of pedophile apologists? In 2006, Third District Supe Bill Campbell tried placing Monsignor John Urell, the right-hand man of Diocese of Orange bishops for a good decade of their sex-abuse scandal, on the county's human relations commission until molestation victims raised rightful holy hell. Now, an addendum to this Monday's BoS agenda currently lists Monsignor Lawrence Baird as giving the invocation at 9:30 in the morn.Baird

  January 10, 2009

• Bishop Brown Breaks His Covenant with the Faithful for the Trillionth Time

  IUpdated, with new info on the bottom...Both the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register revealed today that Jon Kirrer of Fountain Valley filed a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Orange and its pedo-priest Denis Lyons alleging sexual abuse during the mid-1990s, and isn't it refreshing to know that Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown is up to his same tricks? Diocesan spinner Ryan Lilygren issued a statement to both papers that, "We intend to maintain the integrity of the judicial process and

  February 11, 2009

• Why is Tod Brown Letting His Latest Pedo-Priest Financially Hang?

  The Diocese of Orange is legendary for sparing no expense, no legal strategy while fighting off sex-abuse victims or trying to cover up for its pedo-priests. Hell, they even paid for Mater Dei boys' basketball coach Gary McKnight's laughable attempt to shut this wab up. But in the current case of Denis Lyons, Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown is offering the pedo-priest no help at all that doesn't involve saving his own ass.In a recent court motion, Lyons' attorneys asked that his alleged victim, Jon K

  February 13, 2009

• Why Does Dana Point's St. Edward the Confessor Church Continue to Honor A Teen Rapist?

  Leninan second from right, in a picture Brown would eventually StalinizePoor St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Dana Point. They have the inglorious Diocese of Orange record of having hosted the most pedo-priests (five) in its history. Just recently, Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown settled another suit involving one of them: Denis Lyons. So, a question: given this sordid past, why on Earth does the parish continue to honor teenage rapist John Lenihan?On its history page, the St. Edward the C

  March 6, 2009

• Former O.C. Bishop Lies Like a Devil in Fresno Pedophile Case

  Yesterday, a Fresno jury acquitted the Catholic Diocese of Fresno of culpability in the priestly rapes of innocents, and does this news really surprise you given Fresno is Fresno? We really can't expect much intellectually and morally of this town, given its head padre is Bishop John Steinbock, former auxiliary bishop of the Orange diocese. On the witness stand, news accounts quote Steinbock as saying, "I never have returned anyone to ministry that I believe was guilty of sex abuse."HAHAHAHAHA!

  April 4, 2009

• Cirilo Flores Rarely Pursued Discipline of Molesting Priests While Serving on Important Church Board

  January 15, 2009

• The Best Posts of 2008, Direct From the Weekly's Parallel Universe

  January 1, 2009

• Tod and Me

  December 27, 2007

• Great Moments in Orange County Adultery

  1978

  February 8, 2007

• King of the County Pedophiles

  December 15, 2005

• Dana Point

  October 20, 2005

• Take the Bishop Michael Driscoll Pedo-Quiz!

  May 12, 2005

• Northern Exposure

  March 3, 2005

• Personnel Bile No. 5: The List

  March 3, 2005

• The Year In Letting Go, Go, Angels!

  Los Angeles Ashes

  December 30, 2004

• The Year In Keeping The Faith

  December 30, 2004

• Sexual Reeling

  How the Register blew the Orange Diocese sex-abuse story

  December 9, 2004

• Deposition Men

  November 18, 2004

• Let Us Prey

  April 8, 2004

• Television Killed the Catholic Star

  March 4, 2004

• King of County Pedophiles

  February 5, 2004

• Don't Forget O.C.'s Abusive Irish Catholic Priests!

  Lenihan, second from right, in a picture Brown StalinizedThe Catholic world is abuzz with the release of a 2,500-page report by an judge documenting decades of physical and sexual abuse suffered by children in Ireland's Papist-run institutions. The report's release is a sad confirmation of the thesis put out by author Joe Rigert in his excellent 2008 book An Irish Tragedy: How Sex Abuse by Irish Priests Helped Cripple the Catholic Church. He posited that Ireland's repressed sexuality created a c

  May 20, 2009

• Keeper of St. Norbert Church Pedo-Priests Now Accused of Boy Rape Himself

  What is it about the pastors of St. Norbert Church in Orange and their predilection for protecting pedo-priests? The most recent example was Cirilo Flores, who is now an auxiliary bishop under Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown; the most notorious example was John Urell, who famously cracked during a deposition digging into his days as the man in charge of "investigating" the pedophiles who terrorized county parishes for decades. I guess they just learned from their elders; after all, longtim

  June 29, 2009

• King of the County Pedophiles

  December 15, 2005