Posted on 03/26/2011 12:59:03 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg
Really? So you think it's okay that a defense attorney attended the same seminary at the same time the accused sexual assaults were taking place, and thus could reasonably be called as a witness?
Yep. That’s exactly the level of these kinds of conversations we’re having here.
It all comes down to the meaning of “is.”
No wonder the judge was furious.
“RC apologists love to send others off on “evidence” gathering.”
Well, generally, wild assertions demand evidence.
Good point.
This is complete and utter nonsense.
Read the thread.
“One of the stupidest things I’ve ever read on here.”
I’ve seen MUCH stupider.
Even on this thread.
$3,000,000,000 and counting.
The fact that Roman Catholic apologists don't seem to have (or want) a clue about what is causing the destruction of their children is very sad indeed.
It's one thing to say that there are homosexual priests in the Catholic Church. Everyone knows that. It's another thing, though, to say that homosexual priests are preferred.
Actually sounds like a mistrial for many reasons.
Is the accusation that the attorney may be a witness in the case being tried, or that the attorney witnessed another incident of the same type of crime?
And they will get bad conduct discharges after serving a long time in the brig.
Most will follow orders.
If a man wants a wife and children, they will work toward achieving that Godly goal.
If a man prefers the company of other men, enjoys dressing up in long gowns and red shoes and bejeweled headgear, and demands that the world sees him as "another Christ," then that man will most likely get what he desires.
And from this deceitful heart, corruption reigns down.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man" -- Matthew 15:18-20"those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
From the article the conflict stems from the possibility that one of the defense attorneys attended the same seminary at the same time the alleged abuse was taking place.
Roman Catholic priests rape children in their care because the "celibate" priesthood calls men who prefer the company of other men to the company of women and children.
There aren't enough bytes in an on-line encyclopedia to show the illogic of trying to grind one of these into the other. Suffice it to say when you build syllogisms while your major premise is complete and utter nonsense, your conclusion will be, at the very least, suspect.
Like they say you can be a witness or an attorney on the case, but not both ~ and to a degree there is a choice. The problem here is the judge claims privileged knowledge to make her point so I'd guess it might be a fair argument to suggest you can be the judge or a witness.
Whatever the rules are they should apply the same to all parties in a trial else we will run into one of these deals where the perp eventually walks due to a decision of an appeals court that there was error at the trial court.
Is the prosecutor Catholic BTW, anyone know?
Agreed. The priests may well be guilty, but it sounds as if the Prosecutor is misbehaving and the Judge has totally lost it.
You just don't talk like that from the bench, no matter what the provocation.
Other than this makes no sense (once you are damned no prayers will help), whatever happened to Jesus' admonition "judge not lest ye be judged"?
Not pickin a fight. Just sayin.
Well, suppose I went to college at the same time someone in the administration was taking bribes - and later I was a lawyer in the case one way or another but had never crossed paths with the perps. I just went to the same school they worked at. What would it matter? But you see, they must be saying he is a witness, so they need to lay their evidence on the table or shut up. Otherwise it's our old friend guilt by association.
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