Thursday, May 16, 2002
THE LEGION OF CHRIST AND CATHOLIC.NET
Why Hide the Connection?
Not long ago, on April 25 to be exact, we published a small piece, "Seeking Better Public Relations? Take a Tip from the Legion of Christ: Buy a Newspaper," in which we pointed out that the National Catholic Register had posted on its web site an article by Father Richard John Neuhaus, editor of First Things, called “Feathers of Scandal.”
Fr. Neuhaus's article is a lengthy defense of Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legion of Christ, against charges of sexually abusing teenage seminarians in Mexico going back some 40 years.
What disturbed us, other than the highly intelligent Fr. Neuhaus's gullibility on matters pertaining to the Legion, was that the National Catholic Register is owned by the Legion of Christ and that fact was not mentioned in Fr. Neuhaus’s article or noted anywhere on the Register’s web site.
The same article now appears at Catholic.net, a web site owned and operated by...the Legion of Christ. And just as at the Register's web site, the connection between the Legion and Catholic.net is not mentioned in the article or anywhere on the web site.
This secrecy, this lurking, this hiding is dishonest and strange. We would welcome an explanation.
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James Martin (Jim) Capozzola launched The Rittenhouse Review in April 2002, TRR: The Lighter Side of Rittenhouse, HorowitzWatch, and Smarter Andrew Sullivan in July 2002, and Bulldogs for Kerry-Edwards in October 2004. He is also a contributing member of President Boxer.
He received the 2002 Koufax Award for Best Post> for "Al Gore and the Alpha Girls" (published November 25, 2002). Capozzola's record in the Koufax Awards includes two additional nominations for 2002 (Best Blog and Best Writing), three nominations for 2003 (Best Blog, Best Series, and Best Writing), and two finalist nominations in 2004 (Best Blog and Best Writing).
Capozzola’s experience beyond the blogosphere includes a lengthy career in financial journalism, securities analysis, and investment research, and in freelance writing, editing, ghost-writing, and writing instruction.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University at Albany and a master's in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
Capozzola lives in Philadelphia with his bulldog, Mildred.
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