[Aquinasfan]

In 1633 Galileo was tried as a heritic for supporting the Copernican theory of the earth revolving around the sun.

Time for some de-mythologizing. Did you know that several Cardinals funded Copernicus' studies?

Galileo was placed under house arrest for continuing to insist that the Catholic Church teach heliocentrism. Then, as now, the Church's responsibility is to teach regarding faith and morals, not natural science.

However, when natural science reaches beyond its science, such as when evolutionists teach materialistic philosophy, then the Church will teach against fallacious "scientific" (i.e. philosophic) claims. Today, the Church allows a variety of beliefs regarding human origins, but rules out strictly materialistic explanations.

[Non-Sequitur]

Here is a link to a Fordham University site which prints the indictment, the findings of the court and the abjuration issued by Galileo. I think that the documents speak for themselves as to the crime that the church accused Galileo of.