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Remember the famous Oliphant cartoon titled “The Annual Running of the Alter Boys at St. Paedophilia's Roman Catholic Church?

It was both heart breakingly sad, and sardonically true.

BS. Were there instances of priests molesting children? Yes. Were there failures of the local diocese to adequately deal with the issue (as in: have them arrested and defrocked) ? Yes. But in no way do those instances relfect the overall nature of the Catholic Church.

Do you know how many Catholics there are in the world? Do you know how many Catholic priests there are in the world? It is inevitable, due to the regularity of human failing, that there will be some priests who commit crimes or who fail in their vows, especially when you allow mentally disordered homosexuals to be priests, just as it is inevitable that you will find the same failings in EVERY OTHER profession. However, if you view the number of molestation cases against the size of the Church as a whole, you'll find that the relative number of these cases is actually very small, and is probably no greater than you might find with Protestant ministers, or public school teachers. Did Oliphant draw a cartoon describing the annual running of the students from public school teachers? No, even though the number of molestation cases in that organization dwarfs the priest molestation cases.

The hyping of the priest molestation cases was a deliberate exaggeration designed to attack the Church, and left-wing nutjobs like Oliphant are exactly the kind to perpetuate that propaganda. Stop being such a sucker.

In point of fact, the Church did little to nothing except transfer the pedophile priests, and the flamers in the gay seminaries were likewise known but tolerated.

While I like lawyers as little as any American, the facts are clear. The Church knew it had a problem and swept it under the table.

That translated into “SUE ME” and they were sued.

Oliphant is far from a Constitutionally oriented American, granted. But, his cartoon was spot on, particularly the exchange between the man and his wife in the foreground.

Lest you think I am a Catholic basher, I agree that when one removes the priest, often one gets not paradise on earth, but the witch doctor, instead.