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Warren Stupidity

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Sun Nov 23, 2014, 10:24 AM Nov 2014

Top Vatican prosecutor failed to report abuser [View all]


A prominent American Jesuit recently named by Pope Francis to prosecute priests accused of sexually abusing minors under church law was himself one of several Catholic officials who allowed a notorious abusive priest to remain in ministry for years after learning of his long history of sexual abuses, legal documents show.

The Rev. Robert J. Geisinger, named in September as the Vatican’s “promoter of justice,’’ was the second-highest-ranking official among the Chicago Jesuits in the 1990s when leaders were facing multiple abuse complaints against the Rev. Donald J. McGuire, a globe-trotting priest with many influential supporters, including Mother Teresa of Calcutta.




But the Jesuits failed to notify police or take effective steps to prevent McGuire from continuing to molest minors.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/22/vatican-new-top-prosecutor-abusive-priests-implicated-past-failure-stop-notorious-abuser-donald-mcguire/gPaBPJUdvuTy5PSTl1j5sM/story.html

I actually have no snarky comment at all about this. There is nothing more to say.
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promoter of justice Cartoonist Nov 2014 #1
Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #2
They'll have to take the cheapness of the shot up with the Boston Globe Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #3
Yeah, but you're just exploiting the story skepticscott Nov 2014 #5
Is it a bizarre delusion to believe that Frank is changing anything Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #6
He's holding a raffle, for crying out loud! Cartoonist Nov 2014 #7
Rec only for visibility. Like the OP, I have nothing to add. merrily Nov 2014 #4
Rec in honor of skepticscott nt Cartoonist Nov 2014 #8
It appears that using the word "pederast" in Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #9
I didn't alert but it might have been the fact he said there were DU defenders of the crime. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #10
well justin there are. There have been repeated efforts made in this forum Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #11
I don't see anyone defend pederasty here! hrmjustin Nov 2014 #12
well they don't come out and say "pederasty is great". Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #13
Are you claiming that members here support pederasty? hrmjustin Nov 2014 #14
yes justin, anyone defending an institution that protects pederasts is indirectly Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #16
That is a rather loaded statement. hrmjustin Nov 2014 #17
some have and some haven't. The ones that defend deflect and attack the messenger Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #18
Well he can speak for himself but I think that the Catholics on this board make clear they have hrmjustin Nov 2014 #19
That bears a semblance to reason only if you believe the RCC equals pederasty. rug Nov 2014 #15
Don't look over there, look here! The pope is installing showers for the homeless! trotsky Nov 2014 #20
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