The NW Jesuits allegedly used a remote area in NW Alaska as a "dumping ground" for such priests as Poole -- those that had been involved in sexual abuse investigations and lawsuits. more ›

Civic duty calls for a lucky few in King County, as jury selection process begins in the sex abuse trial against the Seattle Catholic Archdiocese. The lawsuit filed by two men accuses the Catholic church of failing to prevent and protect them from the sexual abuse inflicted--nearly 30 years go--by Father Patrick O'Donnell, an admitted child molester. Across the nation, most cases involving the church's sex abuse scandals have been settled privately, while the Seattle Catholic Archdiocese sex abuse lawsuit is set to become one the few exceptions that will actually go to trial. All eyes (even from above) will be watching. more ›

This week's Comment of the Week was posted as a reply to a post about an immigration announcement out of the office of Mayor Greg Nickels and uses the word "homo" six times, including such creative constructions as "homo liberals," "homo culture," and "liberal homos." more ›

Ah, the storied cherry blossoms of UW! more ›

Seattlest enjoys a good documentary, so we were excited to see that the Grand Illusion will be showing two politically-charged features later this week. They sound like doozies: more ›

The cardinals in Rome have let the white smoke fly and announced the new head of the Catholic Church today. The flock didn't have long to wait to find out whether the new pope would come in the form of a healer or a hard-ass, and the word is that he's a hard-ass dressed up as a healer. more ›

Who are the 11:30pm girls? more ›