Santorum’s Slam on Boston Comes Back to Haunt Him

[kerrygoddess]

Santorum’s Slam on Boston Comes Back to Haunt Him
September 22nd, 2005

Rick Santorum made some wild claims back in late July, early August about Boston and the Catholic Church Sex Abuse scandals. At that time Santorum tried to pin the blame on Senators Kennedy and Kerry claiming they “did nothing” about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in 2002. However, Kennedy and Kerry were both quoted about the scandal during 2002.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” on Sunday, July 31st, Santorum said, “’I singled out Boston in 2002. In July of 2002, that was the epicenter. We did not know — .” Stephanopoulos was quick to cut Santorum off saying, “That simply is not true,” noting that stories about abuse in many places had been printed at the time of Santorum’s article. On Monday, August 1st, I cited numerous news stories here showing that Santorum did indeed know.

Now it seems that Santorum’s worst nightmare has come back to haunt him…

A Grand Jury in Pa. says the Church deliberately hid sex abuse in Philadelphia.

After a three-year investigation, a grand jury in Philadelphia reported yesterday that two leading figures in the U.S. Roman Catholic hierarchy, Cardinals John Krol and Anthony Bevilacqua, deliberately concealed the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by at least 63 priests in that city from 1967 to 2002.

The grand jury also found that the Philadelphia Archdiocese kept 10 accused child molesters in active ministry even after June 2002, when all the U.S. bishops promised in Dallas to remove any priest who had ever faced a credible allegation of abuse. Two accused priests are still in ministry in Philadelphia, prosecutors said.

It’s time to come clean Rick… you knew… and we know you knew — and now the Grand Jury in Philly has exposed some of the ugliest, most vile sex abuse in the country and one the most most blatant cover-ups.

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[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Santorum is a hypocrite?? I am SHOCKED, I tell you. SHOCKED!!!

:sarcasm:

[Momof1]

2. Same stories out of Altoona diocese not new

Only a few in Altoona. This won't even make the news in Central PA.

[Alizaryn]

3. One of the few times we actually get to watch karma in action.

:)

[cloud_chaser1]

4. If things can be that bad in Philly and Altoona......

what must be going on in Rome?

[Alizaryn]

5. They are running in circles trying to find

"gays" to pick on?

[kerrygoddess]

6. Yes they are

Vatican May Bar Gays From Seminaries
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050922/ap_on_re_us/vatican_gays;_ylt=Atm7PeRs7yiXIzyR1BwcCi.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-