Rutler has vocally denied the allegations when the investigation was ongoing. He wrote in a letter back in November of 2020. He wrote, “A woman security guard who was temporarily assigned to provide security at our parish at the time of the election has alleged that on one occasion I improperly touched her. Responsible authorities are investigating her allegations. I strongly deny this allegation, which I maintain is incoherent and painful to my reputation and inconsistent with how I have conducted myself in fifty years of ministerial service without any accusation of misbehavior.”
He not only denies the specific allegation of improper touching, but “strongly” denies it.
Is it better to strongly deny an allegation of this sort, rather than merely to deny it? 🤔
Did he gone further and denied any of the “related nonsense”? Those allegations were very specific and, shall we say, somewhat McCarrick-esque. Nonsense, maybe, but only if plausibly denied.
The idea that McCarrick-esque behavior is okay as long as it doesn’t involve boys below a certain age is getting a little long in the tooth, wouldn’t you say?
Or are you taking the dropped charges as truth?