- Theresa Carpinelli
Theresa Carpinelli is the host of a
Catholic radio show.Radio show
Carpinelli hosts "Truth Matters" on the "Living Bread" Radio station based in
Canton, Ohio . The show covers topics such as "Are you Saved?," "Are We Assured Salvation"?, and "Infant Baptism" from a Catholic perspective.Wikipedia investigation
In early 2005, Carpinelli conducted an online investigation into the source of allegations that in the aftermath of an
earthquake inLisbon, Portugal (see1755 Lisbon earthquake ) Catholic priests roamed city streets, hanging those they thought responsible for the quake. She summarized her findings in a four-part article published on Catholic website [http://www.catholicexchange.com/index.asp Catholic exchange] [http://www.dcdave.com/article5/060619a.htm] [http://www.dcdave.com/article5/060619b.htm] [http://www.dcdave.com/article5/060619c.htm] [http://www.dcdave.com/article5/060619d.htm] , concluding that Wikipedia was the likely source of the information which then spread to other information outlets.In the first incarnation of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake article, written in 2003, appears the unsourced sentence
"Priests of the inquisition roamed the city, rounding up "heretics" and hanging them on the spot for angering God"
Other versions of the phrase appear elsewhere, such as
"priests roved around the ruins, selecting at random those they believed guilty of heresy and thus to blame for annoying the Divine, who in turn had ordered up the disaster. The priests had them hanged on the spot."
The event is discussed at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-02-14/Misinformation_on_Wikipedia Wikipedia Signpost] .
ee also
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
