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POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: “Collectivism vs. Individualism”
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Category Archives: Religious Hypocrisy
CATHOLIC CHURCH & CHILD RAPE: Bishop, Robert W. Finn / “Kansas City Bishop Convicted of Shielding Pedophile Priest”
A Roman Catholic bishop was found guilty on Thursday of failing to report suspected child abuse, becoming the first American bishop in the decades-long sexual abuse scandal to be convicted of shielding a pedophile priest.
In a hastily announced bench trial that lasted a little over an hour, a judge found the bishop, Robert W. Finn, guilty on one misdemeanor charge and not guilty on a second charge, for failing to report a priest who had taken hundreds of pornographic pictures of young girls. The counts each carried a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine, but Bishop Finn was sentenced to two years of court-supervised probation.
The verdict is a watershed moment in the priest sexual abuse scandal that has plagued the church since the 1980s. Bishops have been eager to turn the page on this era and have put in place extensive abuse prevention policies, which include reporting suspected abusers to law enforcement authorities. But the Kansas City case has served as a wake-up call to Catholics that the policies cannot be effective if the bishops do not follow them.
CONSERVATIVE MISOGYNY: “A Simple Flowchart For Anyone Who Feels They Are Entitled To Legislate A Vagina”
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RELIGIOUS PARODY, ART AND SCIENCE: DarkMatter2525 / “The Lambaste Supper (and Sagan)”
POLITICS: “Dear Republicans”
RELIGIOUS SATIRICAL POETRY: Philip Appleman / “A Simple Explanation for Everything”
CATHOLIC BIGOTRY: Zinnia Jones / “Can’t Even Go to the Park”
RELIGIOUS SATIRICAL POETRY: Bill Moyers / “The Poetry of Philip Appleman” / VIDEO
Bill talks with and invites readings by renowned poet, novelist, and editor Philip Appleman, whose creativity spans a long life filled with verse, fiction, philosophy, and religion. The author of nine books of poetry, three novels, and six volumes of non-fiction, Appleman’s most acclaimed work includes explorations of the life and theories of Charles Darwin. A scholar of Darwin, Appleman edited the critical anthology Darwin, and wrote the poetry books Darwin’s Ark and Darwin’s Bestiary, earning him praise for illuminating the “overwhelming sanity” of Darwin’s thought with clarity and wit. Appleman’s latest poetry collection is Perfidious Proverbs.
RELIGIOUS SATIRE: “Catholic Priest Child Rapist”
CATHOLIC CHURCH & CHILD RAPE: “Priest’s Bid to Leave Jail is Rejected”
PHILADELPHIA — Msgr. William J. Lynn, a senior official in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia convicted last month of endangering children, must stay in jail until his sentencing, a judge determined on Thursday.
Judge M. Teresa Sarmina denied Monsignor Lynn’s request for house arrest, saying that he should not be given special treatment and essentially agreeing with prosecutors who said that others convicted of a similar felony would not be allowed to remain at home pending a sentencing hearing.
Monsignor Lynn, 61, is the first high-ranking official in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuse by priests under his supervision. He faces up to seven years in prison.
Related articles
- CATHOLIC CHURCH & CHILD RAPE: U.S. Catholic Priest Found Guilty in Child Abuse Case (alwaysquestionauthority.com)
- Lynn stays in jail but gets sentencing hearing advanced (philly.com)
- Convicted Catholic Monsignor A Flight Risk, Remains Behind Bars (lezgetreal.com)
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