[see, "Prominent Priest Blames Sex Victims, Says First-Time Abusers Shouldn't Face Jail", www.christiancentury.org/article/2012-08/priminent-priest-blames; "Priest Blames 12 Year Old For Sex Abuse", www.vaticancrimes.us/2010/08/priest-blames 12-year-old for sex abuse; "Catholic Priest Blames Sexual Assault Victims For 'Seducing' Priests, lezgetreal.com/08-31-2012; "Prominent Priest, Rev. Benedict Groeschel, Blames Sex Victims, Says First-Time Abusers Shouldn't Face Jail," www.religionnews.com/faith/leaders-and-institutions/August 30, 2012; "Prominent Priest Blames Sex Victims, Says First-Time Abusers Shouldn't Face Jail", DFWCatholic.org, www.dfwcatholic.org/prominent-priest-blames-sex-victims/Friday, August 31, 2012; "NY Priest Apoligizes for saying child is often seducer in sex abuse cases", NBC News Wire Services/usnews.nbcnews.com/news/2012-08-31/ny-priest-apologizes]
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The Right Reverend Benedict Groeschel, a prominent author and speaker who is particularly popular with conservative Catholics and bishops of the Catholic Church has spoken from "on high":
Priests who sexually abuse, molest and assault children "on their first offense" should not go to jail!
Oops!
In other words, a pedophile priest should be given a pass. he should not go to jail but, we assume, he should be given $200 (in "Monopoly" game vernacular).
Further, adds the wise and magnanimous Groeschel --- piling up on his previously-demonstrated poor judgment and insensitivity --- "in a lot of cases the child is the seducer." Oops, again!
And, the New York-based Franciscan fool, I mean priest, continued on to express sympathy for another of his fellow pedophiles, Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach who ruined so many children's lives; and who was convicted in June 2012 of 45 counts of brutal child sexual abuse in a scandal that has essentially ruined Penn State for the near future.
Hmmmm! Who's in your closet, Right Reverend Priest Benedict Groeschel?
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