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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    DA to Charge Brick-Tossing Protesters in Occupation of Church Building

    District Attorney George Gascón is wasting no time building his case against the protesters who were arrested during Tuesday evening's occupation of the San Francisco Archdiocese building during the May Day strikes. Gascón fired off a statement last night, detailing his intention to charge five of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Occupied Church Building Cleared, Police Arrest 24

    The madness at 888 Turk St. began a little after 5 p.m. Police officers in riot gear had begun erecting metal barricades around the front of the previously-empty Archdiocese of San Francisco building, which protesters had occupied a few hours earlier. Aside from a few demonstrators yelling at poli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Building Occupiers Hurl Bricks Onto Crowd Below, Injury Reported

    Update, 5:55 p.m. SF Weekly's Albert Samaha estimates about 70 cops in riot gear, about a dozen on motorbikes, and six axe-wielding firefighters are on the scene. About two dozen bystanders are observing from Jefferson Square Park nearby. No move to storm the building yet following the object-tossin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    Occupy SF: 75 Arrested in Catholic Church Occupation

    The San Francisco Archdiocese made it very clear they are there to serve God, not the 99 percent. The religious leaders yesterday afternoon ordered police to start rounding up occupiers and arresting them a day after protesters descended on the church's vacant building on Turk Street, pledging to tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Occupy SF: Protesters Take Over Catholic Church Building

    ​Occupy SF is back in action -- and just in time for Easter! The group last night stormed a vacant building that is reportedly owned by the San Francisco Archdiocese, which they plan to turn into a "permanent occupation" for the city's homeless. Now why didn't Gavin Newsom think of that one?The pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    SF Archdiocese Calls SF Weekly Mother Teresa Story a 'Dark Day for Journalism'

    Photo courtesy Tyrone CefaluMother Teresa, pictured with Donald McGuire​We've been getting quite a range of reaction to yesterday's cover story on Mother Teresa's links to convicted pedophile priest Donald McGuire. Documents obtained by SF Weekly indicate that the "Saint of Calcutta" might have ur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Peninsula Priest Held in 'Private' S.F. Location As Abuse Investigation Moves Forward

    ​A Menlo Park priest placed on leave following improper conduct with a 17-year-old parishioner has been relocated to a "private" location in San Francisco while an internal investigation of the incident moves forward, according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Father William Meyers, pastor of S ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Let Him Prey: High-Ranking Jesuits Helped Keep Pedophile Priest Hidden

    ​A Menlo Park priest placed on leave following improper conduct with a 17-year-old parishioner has been relocated to a "private" location in San Francisco while an internal investigation of the incident moves forward, according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Father William Meyers, pastor of S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Kamala Harris Takes A Stand on Internet Pedophiles, Coddles Pedophile Catholic Priests

    As long as the pedophile is online, Kamala Harris is there to protect you​Matt Smith's column this week revealed how District Attorney Kamala Harris is essentially protecting Catholic pedophiles in her refusal to turn over the San Francisco Archdiocese files on clergy abuse. Oddly, she's also come ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    A Secrecy Fetish

    District Attorney Kamala Harris is going too far in protecting Catholic pedophiles.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    SF Gov InAction: Mayor and Supervisors Still Not the Get Along Gang

      Oh bleary eyed passengers on San Francisco's ship of fools: I have to say I'm getting quite the kick out of my vacation. Last week I went a whole six days without thinking of Sean Elsbernd!  Honestly, life is too short to think about Sean Elsbernd. I don't know how he does it. Instead ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    S.F. Pro-Lifers Will Train To Channel Angel Gabriel This Weekend

    Susan StefanskiAngel Gabriel​ For many single gals in San Francisco, a dude in an angel costume attempting to dispense advice for her pregnancy would seem like a creative ploy for pocket change. Halo headgear a la the biblical Angel Gabriel are optional for the throngs of local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    S.F. Assessor Phil Ting Takes on the Catholic Church Tomorrow Morning

    Nobody expects Phil Ting!Tomorrow morning, assessor Phil Ting will be arguing in front of the San Francisco Appeals Board that the Catholic Church owes San Francisco up to $15 million in transfer taxes -- one of the largest tax bills in the city's history. The hearing will be held at 1 South Van Nes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Hardline Catholics: Just Because You Gays Can't 'Marry' Doesn't Mean We Should Have to Pay Taxes!

    San Francisco and Catholics just ain't gettin' along these days (if they ever did). We recently wrote about the Catholic Right urging believers nationwide to tell Mayor Gavin Newsom he's responsible for the recent graffiti on Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro because Newsom permits na ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 10, 2008

    The fight for the bohemian soul of North Beach's Caffe Trieste

    San Francisco and Catholics just ain't gettin' along these days (if they ever did). We recently wrote about the Catholic Right urging believers nationwide to tell Mayor Gavin Newsom he's responsible for the recent graffiti on Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro because Newsom permits na ... More >>

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Troubled Order

    Faced with lingering sex abuse complaints, the Salesians of St. John Bosco take their lumps in court

  • News

    August 2, 2006

    Useless Resolve

    The Board of Supes likes to tell the world what to do. The world could care less.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Subpoenaed -- Again

    But he couldn't dodge a determined process server

  • News

    January 4, 2006

    House of the Accused

    When priests within the Salesian order based in San Francisco were accused of sex abuse, the leaders chose to keep quiet.

  • News

    July 13, 2005

    Blind Eye Unto the Holy See

    Pope Benedict XVI named him Roman Catholicism's top doctrinal watchdog -- even though, as San Francisco archbishop, William J. Levada resolutely looked away from sex-abuse complaints against a renowned priest and legal scholar

  • News

    April 20, 2005

    The World on a String

    As the San Francisco Conservatory of Music moves to fancy new digs, its students struggle with a shrinking professional marketplace.

  • News

    February 23, 2005

    Legal Pirouette

    Marin County DA Ed Berberian switches his office's position, agreeing to Catholic Church demands to withhold sex-abuse documents from the press

  • News

    February 9, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, February 9, 2005

  • News

    February 2, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of February 2, 2005

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Fast Times at Marin Catholic High

    A case that the Archdiocese of San Francisco apparently doesn't want you to know about

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Zipped Up

    S.F. Archbishop William Levada doesn't want the public to know about decades of alleged sexual misconduct by his clerics. But why are district attorneys in San Mateo, Marin, and San Francisco helping him keep secrets?

  • News

    June 25, 2003

    Nailed?

    Lawyers for hundreds of sex-abuse victims have California's Catholic dioceses in a dire financial bind. Can church leaders finagle an escape, or are they ...

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    'Scuse Us, Folks

    Sex-abuse victims may be no-shows at Archbishop Levada's upcoming public apology to them.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    See No Evil

    S.F. Archbishop William Levada styles himself as a leading advocate for openness among Catholic leaders on the clergy sex-abuse issue. So why doesn't he practice what he preaches?

  • News

    April 2, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of April 2, 2003

  • News

    June 6, 2001

    The 'I' Is for Irony

    After more than 20 years, a new International Hotel is set to rise on the site where riot police evicted elderly tenants during one of the city's most famous protests

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    A Republican by Any Other Name

    GOP candidate sniffs out chances in district elections

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    Schmoozing My Religion

    Urban singles look for love along the spiritual path

  • News

    February 22, 1995

    Letters

    Urban singles look for love along the spiritual path

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