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Supporting Accused Priests = Supporting Guilty Priests?By Tim Graham NewsBusters November 21, 2011 The Catholic League found “corruption” in a November 16 article in the Kansas City Star by Judy Thomas and Glenn Rice on how a psychiatrist evaluating a Catholic priest accused of possession of child pornography is disqualified by associating with a group defending accused priests called Opus Bono Sacerdotii (or Work for the Good of the Priesthood). The headline announces “concerns voiced about neutrality of psychiatrist who examined him.” The accused priest, Father Shawn Ratigan, is facing child pornography charges in Clay County, Missouri, and in federal court after disturbing pictures were found on his laptop. The Star reported the psychiatrist who evaluated him, Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons, told the bishop that Ratigan was not a pedophile, but was struggling with loneliness and depression, according to a report issued by a former U.S. Attorney whose firm was hired by the diocese to investigate. Even if Ratigan is guilty as charged and Fitzgibbons tried to deny the disturbing implications of the scandalous contents of the computer, the Star report casts aspersions on the mission of OBS. The same liberal reporters who impute nobility and heroism to defense lawyers for the civil liberties of accused Islamic radicals can’t manage any imagination that any accused priest might be innocent, or that faithful Catholics might want to protect priests who are innocent of the charges thrown at them.
Martin’s an interesting choice of expert, since his expertise seems to be in studying and translating philosophers like Nietzche and Kierkegaard. In one article for Vice.com, Martin argued it might be unfair to attribute to humans any more moral responsibility than would be expected of lower animals:
Christians aspire to a higher moral standard for man. So do the courts in Clay County. About the AuthorTim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center. |
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