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Did you catch this post on another thread--

http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/2002_03_17_corner-archive.shtml#75032379

FOLLOW THE SQUEEZED BICEPS: [Rod Dreher] An orthodox priest and Corner devotee writes this morning to say St. Petersburg Bishop Robert Lynch's case is more significant than many reporters may realize. If Lynch really is a homosexual and a sexual harrasser, as has been claimed, it casts suspicion on his years as General Secretary of the national Catholic bishops' conference, where he was a favorite of the late Cardinal Bernardin. Moreover, after Bishop Symons of Palm Beach resigned after admitting to pederasty, Bishop Lynch took over that diocese as administrator, and helped pick Symons' successor, Bishop Anthony O'Connell -- who just resigned after admitting to homosexual abuse of seminarians. Can you say "lavender mafia"? Hey reporters, follow that trail of Lynch-squeezed biceps!

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OF BICEPS AND BISHOPS: [Rod Dreher] Here's the very latest on Bishop Lynch's fine mess down in Florida. In this morning's Tampa Tribune, he says his press secretary's claim of constant sexual harrassment was one big misunderstanding. "Do I wish I didn't feel his biceps? Yes," says the bishop, ungrammatically. The alleged victim, a married man who received a $100,000 "severance" package from the diocese, says he struggled for years over whether or not he should tell anyone what His Excellency was up to. "I thought: Who would believe me? He's the bishop." Next time Florida reporters confront the Bish, they should ask him, "We know you were celibate, but have you also been chaste?" No theological weasel words!