PEDOPHILE PRIEST GEOGHAN MURDERED IN PRISON

drudge | 8-23-03 | drudge

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

Geoghan killed in prison (Boston Herald)
Breaking news/by Eric Convey
Saturday, August 23, 2003

Former priest John Geoghan, a notorious pedophile whose case sparked the clergy molestation scandal of the past 18 months, died this afternoon after being attacked at the state prison in Shirley.

``The perpetrator has been isolated,'' said Kelly Nantell, a spokeswoman for the state Deparment of Corrections.

``Our investigation continues,'' she said.

The matter has been referred to the Middlesex County District Attorney Martha Coakley's office.

Geoghan was serving a nine-to-10 year sentence at MCI Shirley for allegedly groping a boy at a Waltham swimming pool.

More than 140 people have claimed they were abused by Geoghan, claiming they were fondled or raped at locations ranging from church rectories to their own homes.

Geoghan would become one the most notorious pedophiles in the country - not only for the extent of his rampage against children but because relevations about his case led to the unraveling of secrecy within the Archdiocese of Boston.

Bernard Cardinal Law's cordial letters to Geoghan, mixing discipline with praise for his priestly service, that pushed many victims from disbelief to outrage.

[Salvation]

Hell is for those who are not contrite.

[wardaddy]

Was he a homosexual pedophile (moelster of prepubescent boys) or a chickenhawk (molester of pubescent boys)...not that it matters much.

[olorin]

Your original post dealt with letting prisoners out early for killing other prisoners. That was the point of your post. That was the point I was calling you on. If you are now trying to conflate murder by prisoners with execution by the state, you are stupider than I originally thought.

[Those_Crazy_Liberals]

Gotta love society. Good or bad, slow or not, justice usually comes in the end.

[adam_az]

Nice concept of arbitarty justice.

If you don't agree with the law, work to change it.

If you are comparing Nazi "law" with US law, then go skulk off to LF.

[South40]

Let's reduce the sentences of any inmate who kills another inmate by four months for every inmate they take out.

So you condone the death penalty for lesser crimes like say...auto theft or drug posession?

You're a little too angry there Clamby.

[Salvation]

Hell is for those who are not contrite. Those who do not ever repent.

We cannot know if John Geoghan repented or not.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

I wonder how many of his enablers will attend his funeral. I'm sure he was given the Last Rites even if he was dead, and he'll probably get a Catholic burial...the creep!

drape his body in the rainbow flag and dump his body off the chelsea pier

[TheAngryClam]

As others have pointed out, Justice is where you find it, and since the state failed to act and exact retribution, it is still a good thing that others have stepped up to fill the gap.

[FITZ]

And even the good thief was with Christ on Good Friday!

Good thief ---- but not a good child rapist.

[onyx]

He REPEATED not repented.

[adam_az]

That's a slippery slope.

It's the same rationale the ELF nuts used to burn down the SUV dealership.

You are one sick pup.

[Salvation]

I just corrected myself above.

[SupplySider]

Unfortunately, the courts have made sure that there is no such thing as hard labor. It's called cruel and unusual punishment.

A good reason to vote Republican. A few decent Supreme court nominations and that could change. Maybe they could even take away their color TVs.

[TheAngryClam]

Talk about a deterrence if people were convicted in the morning, sentenced in the afternoon, and executed at 12:01 AM, though.

[FITZ]

Hell is for those who are not contrite. Those who do not ever repent.

Maybe his murderers actually helped him feel the pain of what he did to his own victims, maybe he finally found contrition, they may have saved his soul.

[Clemenza]

Ping!

[TheAngryClam]

Only black and white TV? What is this, the 1950s? You retrograde.

[Zipporah]

Justice will be meted out.. but not in this life.

[theFIRMbss]

>Should marijuana smokers be executed, you Taliban-reject?

If society
sez it's a felony, then
off with the dope's head.

It's evolution
in action. Let the pot head
get the law changed, or

let the pot head pay
the price for "proud" rebellion --
let him go martyr...