St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson testified last month that he wasn’t sure whether it was illegal for priests to have sex with children while he served as chancellor of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese.
The former chancellor gave a deposition last month in a lawsuit that claims the Minnesota archdiocese and the Diocese of Winona created a public nuisance by keeping information on abusive priests secret, reported Minnesota Public Radio.
Sorry, but if a supposedly well-educated and knowing highly-placed official in the Roman Catholic Church believes this crap, what does it say about the entire God damned RC Church?
Here's a timely news item, Archybishop, children are not sexual toys for enjoyment of priests. But, more below the fold:
One document made public in that case shows more than 100 priests and church employees have been accused of sexual abuse, and the Missouri Supreme Court ordered the archdiocese to turn over their names under seal.
The Minnesota lawsuit was filed by a man who claimed a priest abused him during the 1970s, and Carlson told the plaintiff’s attorneys that his understanding of those accusations had changed over the years.
“I’m not sure whether I knew it was a crime or not,” Carlson said. “I understand today it’s a crime.”
It is a crime today. It was a crime yesterday -- and the day before -- and the millenniums and millenniums before.
And you wanna know why I hate religion? Just think about it.
Frankly, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with a God figure who has sex with an underage virgin to beget the Christ. I'm beginning to think it sets a bad example for the world.