Venice Bishop to Hold Two Masses for Sex Abuse Survivors
In keeping with April’s designation as Child Abuse Prevention Month, Bishop Frank Dewane will offer two masses for sexual abuse survivors. Many bishops have done this throughout the country as part of...
View ArticleInternet Drug Ads Catch Attention of FDA
It was just a matter of time before large pharmaceutical companies began marketing their products on the Internet. With huge marketing budgets, drug companies have turned to the Internet to attract...
View ArticleMan's Best Friend is also a Bed Bug Hunter
Just when you thought dogs are the perfect pet, you discover they can be helpful in spotting those pesky bed bugs. Dogs are being trained to sniff out bed bugs and are actually quite good at finding...
View ArticleWill NY Child Victim Act Fail Because of Political Back Room Deals?
This morning, I received an alarming email about the NY Child Victim Act and those who’d try to thwart its passage. From the email, it appears there’s a lot of political games being played in Albany...
View ArticleSarasota Hospital CEO Receives $91,000 Raise
Sarasota Memorial Hospital CEO Gwen MacKenzie received an early Christmas present. The hospital CEO got a $91,000 pay increase. Only one board member responsible for giving the pay increase objected to...
View ArticleOrlando Bishop Thomas Wenski May Be Moving to Miami
There is talk that the Archdiocese of Miami may be receiving a new archbishop tomorrow. He’s well known to the Archdiocese since he was ordained a priest for Miami in 1976. Since that time, he has...
View ArticleCatholic Priest Living in Sarasota Arrested on Sex Abuse Charges
The Rev. William Wert, a priest of the Order of Carmelites, was arrested in Sarasota recently on charges that he sexually molested a local boy. Besides the counts of committing sex offenses on a child...
View ArticleCardinal Mahoney Censured For Child Abuse Cover Up
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles protected priest child molesters from police by moving them out of state at the direction of Cardinal Mahony for decades. Over twelve thousand pages of...
View ArticleNaples Priest On Leave After Sexual Abuse Allegation
Father Leo P. Riley, a priest working at St. Peter the Apostle church in Naples, Florida has been placed on administrative leave after he was accused of molesting a child while he was an associate...
View ArticleDePuy Attune Knee Implant Lawsuit Update
Recently in the Legal Examiner (‘DePuy Attune Knee Implant Failures Continue’, February 28, 2018), I wrote of the unusually high rate of early failure of the tibial component in patients who have...
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