Michael Rezendes
@MikeRezendes
Global investigations @AP. Formerly @GlobeSpotlight.
I'm quoted in this @WashPost column on the continuing scandal of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. I take no pleasure in what I have to say. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
Timor-Leste president may give clemency to Catholic priest imprisoned for raping young girls. Man was defrocked only after international attention focused on yearslong crimes. ucanews.com/amp/timor-lest…
My investigation with @JHDearen of the clergy-penitent privilege, the law in 33 states as of 2022, which allows religious institutions to cover up child sex abuse. apnews.com/article/sex-ab…
Nice piece in @RollingStone. For a more complete, i.e. national, perspective on the loophope that allows religious institutions to cover-up child sex abuse, see my 2022 investigation with @JHDearen for @AP, in the following post. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
Thrilled to celebrate the brilliant Katherine Vaz and the Portuguese translation of her wonderful novel, "Above the Salt." The photo was taken by our favorite photographer, Henrique Mano, who never misses a chance to document the accomplishments of Portuguese Americans.
New Jersey can have a grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rules apnews.com/article/clergy…
One of hundreds of predator priests who were - and still are - quietly sent to a church facility near St. Louis Missouri tinyurl.com/2s47stkz
About time.
Court orders Colombia’s Catholic church to release information on alleged rapists colombiareports.com/colombias-cons…
Colombian court rules Catholic church must release names of up to 5,000 predator priests. Historic ruling is the result of intrepid activists demanding justice. One of the largest roster of clergy offenders worldwide.
La Iglesia católica deberá desclasificar la información sobre los casos de pederastia en Colombia. Los periodistas @JPBarrientosH y @HaciaElUmbral logran una decisión judicial con la que esperan revelar hasta 5.000 nuevos nombres de sacerdotes denunciados dozz.es/q1f1v2
Were there people inside the White House that participated in the Biden cover up? I discuss how the revelations in the new book, "The Original Sin," will hurt more than President Joe Biden.
When You are Old When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false…
Absolute must-read
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Jackson still accepted the Bribe and took the money. Neither Jackson or Rose belong in the HOF
"I have no axe to grind, that I'm not asking anybody for anything. It's all water over the dam as far as I am concerned. I can say that my conscience is clear and that I'll stand on my record in that World Series. I'm not what you call a good Christian, but I believe in the Good…
"The tension of this multi-layered, expertly crafted series lies not in exposing the bad guys but in seeing what the so-called good guys do to get results — and the extraordinary damage left in their wake." Terrific review of @GlobeSpotlight Snitch City: ft.com/content/3716d1…
The @NewYorker: "In 'Spotlight: Snitch City,' the Boston Globe skillfully reveals how police abused confidential informants in a Massachusetts port town," from @asarahlarson newyorker.com/culture/podcas… @GlobeSpotlight @BostonGlobe
Priest Sexual Abuse Survivors Demand Accountability from New Pope: “Open Up Those Archives” democracynow.org/2025/5/9/pope_…