Via press release from blowhard Bill Donohue:
The grand jury report will attract the prurient interest of the public, much to the delight of the media. But when the dust settles, what counts are the facts. The media are saying that the report will name “more than 300 predator priests.” Not true. Many of those named are not priests: the list includes lay persons, deacons, and seminarians. Many–perhaps a majority–are dead, and cannot rebut the accusations.
Even among the living, most have not had an opportunity to rebut the accusations. In most cases there has been no attempt by the dioceses, or the grand jury, to verify the accusations. That is what happens when an investigation extends back to World War II. Catholics want the guilty to pay, but any fair-minded person also wants due process for the accused. In this crazed #MeToo environment, that is not easy, and this is doubly true when the accused are Catholic priests.
Those awaiting a grand jury report on the sexual abuse of minors in the public schools, or among the clergy of other religions, shouldn’t hold their breath. It will never happen. This is akin to doing an investigation of crime in low-income minority neighborhoods, allowing white-collar crimes committed in the suburbs to go scot-free, and then concluding non-whites to be criminally prone. It is a scam.
New York Times story today on a 66-year-old lesbian NYU professor suspended for sexually harassing a 34-year-old gay student. Guess who is rushing to defend her? Feminist professors. What a joke. Imagine if bishops rallied to the side of a suspended priest molester!
— Catholic League (@CatholicLeague) August 14, 2018
A Pennsylvania grand jury found “credible” evidence of sexual abuse against 301 priests, with more than 1,000 child victims identified https://t.co/F8vjbRjDNs pic.twitter.com/c5XHLRHU5E
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 14, 2018
Pennsylvania grand jury report names 300 priests accusing them of either sexually abusing minors or helping to cover it up. #DailyBriefing https://t.co/ysmMs2radC pic.twitter.com/Ef2dfCcBIo
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 14, 2018
Breaking: Hundreds of accused priests listed in sweeping report on Catholic Church sex abuse in Pennsylvania https://t.co/ucy86nivWL
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 14, 2018
BREAKING: Diocese of Pittsburg has 99 priests accused of sexually abusing children in Pennsylvania grand jury report, per @PAAttorneyGen
— Courtney Norris (@courtneyknorris) August 14, 2018
PENNSYLVANIA: Priest Pleads Guilty To Molesting 4th Grader In First Conviction Of Massive Probe [VIDEO] – https://t.co/Beiirv9Vng pic.twitter.com/B1gY3Mjohb
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) August 2, 2018