Cardinal George: Embarrased Obama is ND Speaker, But Not Embarrassed to Harbor Pedophile Priest

[Are_grits_groceries]

The problem is that George shows little indication of having internalized the lessons of the scandal. He displays a stunning insensitivity to the church's failures. And twice since the 2002 conference in Dallas that adopted the youth protection charter, George has flouted the church's supposed zero-tolerance attitude in his handling of abusive priests.

The first instance involves Cardinal George's allowing a convicted pederast priest -- he'd pled guilty, and received a suspended sentence -- to stay at his mansion during monthly visits to Chicago. When this ongoing hospitality was reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, the cardinal bristled.

When Sun-Times reporter Cathleen Falsani asked George why he had allowed Martin to stay in his official residence after his misdeeds had become known, and why the priest was still working for the archdiocese as a consultant, George did not apologize but defended his colleague. "Are we saying that people with any kind of question in their past are not employable?" he responded.

http://buzzflash.com/articles/node/8137

MEH!!

[LynnTheDem]

1. Rightwingnuts are fine with pedophiles. And rapists, murderers, thieves...

Just so long as they're also rightwingnuts.

[leftofthedial]

2. It's a Catholic thing.

You wouldn't understand.













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