Gloria.TV News on the 16th of September 2014
20 Years in Jail: Father Gordon MacRae, now 61, is a modern-day Job who on September 23 will have spent 20 years in an American prison. In 1994 he was sentenced to a prison term of 33 to 67 years for alleged sexual abuse after he had three times refused a plea deal. Already in 2005, Dorothy Rabinowitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and member of The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, published an account of the travesty of justice by which Father Gordon MacRae was convicted.
Coached By Professionals: Father Gordon MacRae was accused by a certain Thomas Grover who has a history of theft, drugs, and violence. He provided not a single witness, even though the alleged offenses took place in populated areas. During the trial Grover was coached by professionals. A counselor stood at the back of the courtroom during his testimony, away from the sight of the jury instructing him when to feign crying. On cue, he cried loudly, often at some …More