Priest suspended after alleged lewd act in adult store

Associated Press ^ | November 1, 2005

[BipolarBob]

This happens to me all the time. I am just walking down the street minding my own buisness and whoosh I find myself suddenly INSIDE of an adultoriented store. I don't know how this happens. Any clues?

[WasDougsLamb]

LMAO. Hilarious!

[af_vet_1981]

Getting rid of them one homosexual at a time ...

[Clemenza]

Sad ping!

[The Red Zone]

"I want you to know that I never, never engaged in any sexual activity of any kind," he said.

"I've never had sex with that woman"

[RichInOC]

What exactly is an out-of-town priest doing in a porn shop in the first place?

[Keith in Iowa]

Now now, there wasn't anything torrid going on...this was a man of faith ministering to one in need - lending a hand...

(/sarcasm)

[isthisnickcool]

He thought he was in a semenary.....

[Petronski]

Purge.

[Ceebass]

Roman Catholic priest arrested in Las Vegas last year for allegedly performing a lewd act

I thought whatever happened in Vegas stayed there?

[Siena Dreaming]

I don't hear many stories of this kind of behavior from other denominations.

I mean, I'm sure it exists but the Catholic priests are the ones it seems to happen to the most often.

What's up with that?

[sinkspur]

It's the actions of the bishop that's news.

Prior to 2001, McManus would have told Aquino to go to confession, and all would be well.

[BipolarBob]

Whats up with that?

Other denominations don't require celibacy. Sometimes men get these . . . urges and . . well it's complicated. But yeah the celibacy thing.

[sockmonkey]

McManus, who called the situation "a grave scandal," had known of Aquino's October 2004 arrest for several months. But the bishop had allowed him to remain in his post because Aquino denied the charges and McManus believed he might have been arrested due to a misunderstanding.

And when after almost a year, this came to the Bishop's attention, he didn't ask the Priest why it took so long for him to hear about it? Isn't something like an arrest something you should tell your Superiors? Why didn't the Bishop place him on a leave of absence, while he was awaiting the LVPD to fax him a copy of the arrest report?

It makes me wonder if the Bishop even had any interest in knowing the sordid details, until the Catholic Lay group forced the Bishop's hand.

I'm quite frankly, as a Catholic, getting a little tired of Bishops who show no real interest in being guardians of the Faith or their flocks.

Kudos to the wickedly funny punsters on this thread.

[bigfootbob]

LOL, good one.

[ColdSteelTalon]

A prson with a sin problem like this is an instant disqualifiaction for any church office.

[BipolarBob]

Aw right bigfootbob, this thread ain't big enough for TWO bobs. Main street at high noon.

[Ciexyz]

So how is this man going to make a living now?

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

http://worcestervoice.com/james_aquino.htm