Priest pricks children with pin

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AP) The Catholic Diocese of Austin is investigating after a priest called about 15 children to come forward during evening Mass so he could prick them with an unsterilized pin to demonstrate the pain Jesus suffered during crucifixion.

"What I was trying to teach them is that suffering is a part of life," said the Rev. Arthur Michalka, 78, on Friday.

No one reacted strongly during the incident at evening Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Corn Hill on Wednesday, said Helen Osman, communications director for the Austin diocese. Osman said that the priest pricked both adults and children.

"What were you thinking?" said Debbie Sybert, a Jarrell resident whose 11-year-old daughter, Amanda, was pricked during Mass. "Apparently our father has lost his mind."



http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/17/national/main856311.shtml

[marbuc]

1. At least he kept his prick in his pants

[Autonomy]

2. I guess it's better than the priests who prick children

to show them "love".

[MazeRat7]

3. Yawn....(n/t)

[niyad]

4. the scary part is "no one reacted strongly" --are they all that totally

and completely brainwashed that ANYTHING a priest does is okay?

[ugarte]

5. He's only 78, just a big kid himself...nt

[alittlelark]

10. A 'youthful indiscretion' .......

[ugarte]

12. Exactly. Certainly this is no time for the 'blame game'...:)

[CoffeeCat]

6. What a sadistic cow...

...someone please, charge this man with assault and battery and get his sick carcass out of the priesthood.

This man obviously enjoys inflicting pain on adults and children--and uses Jesus Christ as an excuse to carry out his freakish dysfunction.

I'm so sick of the assholes of society--getting away with inhumane bullshit.

No, it's not Bush's fault that this priest did this. But you know what? Everyone sees our government sanctioning torture, then covering it up. Everyone sees our government lying their asses off and getting away with it. Everyone smells the corruption and understands that the name of the game is...you can be as sick as you want, you just have to be sneaky and lie incessantly--and you can get away with ANYTHING!

I'm exhausted from this mentality playing out over and over again in our country. It is a cancer on our nation.

[Canuckistanian]

7. I think every sentient complex animal with a spinal cord...

... knows what pain is.

[TahitiNut]

8. There's a big difference between 'pain' and 'suffering'.

It's a difference I'd expect a priest to comprehend. What he was doing had almost nothing to do with suffering.

[Skip Intro]

9. on second thought...

[Fescue4u]

11. Thank God it was only a PIN this time

:)