Exonerated Priest Still Branded - By Bill Donohue, Catholic League
On December 3, the Associated Press (AP) ran a story on a Tulsa priest who was allowed to return to work after an internal investigation found that an allegation of sexual abuse against him was …More
On December 3, the Associated Press (AP) ran a story on a Tulsa priest who was allowed to return to work after an internal investigation found that an allegation of sexual abuse against him was unsubstantiated.
Many of those media outlets and watchdog groups that initially reported on the allegations have not reported on his exoneration.
Father Joe Townsend of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma was put on administrative leave in July after it was alleged that he acted improperly when he was an associate pastor at St. Pius X Catholic Church from 1988 to 1991.
He denied the accusation of sexual misconduct and no criminal charges were ever brought. Now the diocese has cleared him altogether.
It has been a week since the AP story was published, and among the media outlets that reported the allegation, but not the exoneration, are KOCO (the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City) and KFSM (the CBS affiliate in Springdale, Arkansas).
Even more disturbing has been the reaction of BishopAccountability …More
Many of those media outlets and watchdog groups that initially reported on the allegations have not reported on his exoneration.
Father Joe Townsend of the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma was put on administrative leave in July after it was alleged that he acted improperly when he was an associate pastor at St. Pius X Catholic Church from 1988 to 1991.
He denied the accusation of sexual misconduct and no criminal charges were ever brought. Now the diocese has cleared him altogether.
It has been a week since the AP story was published, and among the media outlets that reported the allegation, but not the exoneration, are KOCO (the ABC affiliate in Oklahoma City) and KFSM (the CBS affiliate in Springdale, Arkansas).
Even more disturbing has been the reaction of BishopAccountability …More
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Abuse tricks are very complicated for several reasons:
1) Anyone can accuse anyone since there are no witnesses.
2) The accuser is automatically protected by the courts, and therefore the accused is necessarily trapped.
3) For 60 years, because of Vatican II, there have been abuses everywhere.
4) In the 1980s, abuse was considered a virtue, and 20 years later it is a crime.
5) On the other hand, in …More
Abuse tricks are very complicated for several reasons:
1) Anyone can accuse anyone since there are no witnesses.
2) The accuser is automatically protected by the courts, and therefore the accused is necessarily trapped.
3) For 60 years, because of Vatican II, there have been abuses everywhere.
4) In the 1980s, abuse was considered a virtue, and 20 years later it is a crime.
5) On the other hand, in the 1980s homosexuality was a crime, and 20 years later it is a virtue.
6) All these things are made so that we don't talk about the 50 to 100 million abortions a year.
7) The great leader: the conciliar seated on the masonry!
If you don't understand my speech, have a drink to my health
1) Anyone can accuse anyone since there are no witnesses.
2) The accuser is automatically protected by the courts, and therefore the accused is necessarily trapped.
3) For 60 years, because of Vatican II, there have been abuses everywhere.
4) In the 1980s, abuse was considered a virtue, and 20 years later it is a crime.
5) On the other hand, in the 1980s homosexuality was a crime, and 20 years later it is a virtue.
6) All these things are made so that we don't talk about the 50 to 100 million abortions a year.
7) The great leader: the conciliar seated on the masonry!
If you don't understand my speech, have a drink to my health