Did I malign him?
Somebody accused me of maligning Archbishop Eldon Curtiss of Omaha, until I posted THIS ARTICLE.
Interesting article on Curtiss. I had not seen that.
If it is true, I find it deeply disappointing.
The priest in question needed help. He also needed to be cashiered.
1. Isn't the Omaha World-Herald (talk about pretentious newspaper names) owned substantially by one Warren Buffett, prairie zillionaire investor who has announced his intentions to leave his considerable fortune to Planned Barrenhood? Probably not much of a moral conservative himself, don't you think? Probably not fond of a hard-core archbishop like Eldon Curtiss either. All press bias is not against Republicans or conservative politicians.
2. These are charges only and the gushy article suggests that ONLY because of belated reporting by this teacher (who is apparently the one and only witness: He said/she said) who does not claim to be a victim (why the belated reporting?) was the priest charged. The presumption of innocence attaches to the incredible charge of trying, mere trying mind you, to access some internet site or download its contents. [And to think, people used to complain about the Inquisition!]
3. The archbishop employs this teacher. Note he did not fire her, although he probably ought to since she is so upset that he is not compliant with her wishes, he merely asked twice that she resign. Is she trying to parley her charges against the priest (she said/he said) into lifetime employment on whatever terms she may care to dictate by threatening a civil lawsuit against her employer? As one more way of demonstrating he is in charge, Archbishop Curtiss ought to fire her outright and fire at will in any ensuing controversy. Also, note that Curtiss promptly removed the priest from contact with minors whether or not the charges are valid. If the charges were lies, the woman has done exactly as Curtiss said and destroyed the priest and without justification.
4. If there was justification for her charges, the archbishop has done what ought to be done. Whether this parochial school teacher told the truth or not, there may well be reasons to fire her entirely independent of any of this.
5. If the Omaha World-Herald would like to delve into such matters, it can investigate the subject matter of a book by a former state senator who served twenty years in the legislature of Nebraska who claimed upon leaving with a couple of others in agreement with him that there was a ring of prominentos in Omaha including a judge, a police official, a person involved with that newspaper, an FBI official, and various others and others (including Republicans) who forced male juveniles (street kids and delinquents) to rape one another and ultimately to kill one another with shotguns in the presence of the perverted lay adults in the mid-1980s and afterward. The book is called the Franklin County Coverup and Omaha is in Franklin County. Let them do some investigative reports on that sordid situation or might that not comport with the Buffett agenda?
Inquiring minds want to know.
As it stands the priest in question has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor "attempt to (view or procure child porn)".He states he was researching it and had been since his seminary days at the Josephineum in Rome.Perhaps he was instrumental in ridding the member of a pornography ring from the faculty at St.Meinrads. I believe Archbishop Curtiss was one of the Bishops involved in the removal. FYIThe caliber of graduates of St. Meinrad has improved immeasurably since the purge. We have not had any "gay" priest ordained from there lately. That probably infuriated a lot of people as well as his article about the contrived priest shortage.
I do wish the Archbishop had a better PR staff,he does appear a little testy at times.
Go ahead, play the innocent.
The fact that you are a very poor researcher who is so quick to shoot from the lip, is incontrovertible.
Be a man and admit that you blundered. It would be a refreshing change.
Sursum Corda