Pedophile priest leaps to death

[Ian David]

OTTAWA - A pedophile priest convicted in the 1980s of sexually assaulting seven altar boys killed himself Tuesday.

Though police are not confirming his identity, sources say the man found dead at the base of a 24-storey west-end highrise is Dale Crampton.

A neighbour discovered him next to the building at about 5 a.m. The disgraced former priest had leapt to his death.

Crampton, who at one time was highly revered in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese at Ottawa's St. Maurice parish, pleaded guilty in 1986 to indecently assaulting seven altar boys over the course of about a decade.

The one-time Catholic school board trustee and RCMP chaplain served eight months in prison.

More:
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/14/15684461.html


Silly priest. Only nuns can fly.




Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/SecularNewsDly/status/27381138906

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Every man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind.

Therefore, ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

John Donne said this, and it was the first thing that came into my mind on reading your post.

I am sorry he died, but I am even sorrier that he molested all those boys.

[applegrove]

30. Well said peggy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. Thanks, my dear applegrove...

[wtmusic]

2. Unrec.

Suicide = not funny. Ever.

[cleanhippie]

5. Counterrec

[rug]

17. Unrec.

[cleanhippie]

19. re-rec

[rug]

22. Imaginary.

[cleanhippie]

27. Well, you ARE the expert on that.

[rug]

29. Yep I recognize crap when I see it and will unrec accordingly.

[cleanhippie]

34. Oh, then thats two things you are on expert on.

crap and the imaginary.

Your resume' is getting full.

[virgogal]

16. + 1 n/t

[darkstar3]

28. Funny? no.

Poetic justice? Probably.

[cleanhippie]

3. Coward.

Took the easy way out instead of dealing with what he had done.

[Ian David]

32. That's what I was thinking, too. n/t

[arcane1]

4. That's one down...

and far too many left to go.

[wtmusic]

6. Child molestation is punishable by death, is it?

I hadn't heard.

[cleanhippie]

7. No one punishished him at all, he ran away from the punishment.

There WAS no punishment.

[arcane1]

8. Nope

It's punishable by prison time. But I won't shed a tear when one of these bastards decides on their own to make the world a better place through their absence.

[wtmusic]

9. You believe they deserve to die

implying capital punishment would be appropriate.

Same thing.

[arcane1]

10. I alone speak for my beliefs

but you are free to twist "punishable by prison time" into "capital punishment" if you like.

He made his own choice, and I have no problem with it. If other child molesters wish to follow in his footsteps, I won't complain.

[wtmusic]

11. You alone contradict yourself.

Do you, or do you not feel this man deserved to die?

[arcane1]

12. He deserved to rot in prison for the rest of his life

but don't expect me to feel sympathy for a serial child-rapist who chooses to end his life.

[wtmusic]

15. Got it... "one down, far too many left to go" should not be construed

as an endorsement of his suicide.

That's kooky. :crazy:

[girl gone mad]

24. He won't be molesting any more children.

Good news, that.

[wtmusic]

26. How quaint of you to point out the silver lining to someone taking their own life.

Sickening, actually.

[cleanhippie]

36. WHat is sickening is you blatant misrepresentation of what was stated.

Not really sure what your game is, but its not very becoming.

[cleanhippie]

20. Is it POSSIBLE for you to be any more disingenuous?

I mean, you BLATANTLY mistook his post. You are not even trying.

[tularetom]

13. There is no way anybody would ever be convinced

That a person like this priest was sorry or remorseful for his actions.

Even if he was, who would believe him?

I agree with those who say that his demise is no loss to the world but I also wonder, what if the guy was truly repentant and nobody would even acknowledge it?

Suicide under those circumstances may have looked like the only way out.

[MrSlayer]

14. Too bad he didn't do it sooner.

Before he ruined so many lives.

[DeSwiss]

18. "Crampton is dead.....

...leaving only a note with instructions detailing whom to contact about his death and little else."

- His victims wish that a note was all he had left......

K&R

[emilyg]

21. unrec

[burnsei sensei]

23. Your commentary is in questionable taste

to say the least.
If you value mercy, show it.

[rrneck]

25. OP is callous, unnecessary and in very poor taste. nt

[Ian David]

33. Oh, come on. How often does one get to use a Flying Nun reference? n/t

[rrneck]

35. If you find yourself in a hole

stop digging.

[jgraz]

38. Unless you're a nun. Then you can fly out.

And, technically, I think the priest is in more of a "crater" than an actual hole.

[Taverner]

37. I, for one, think this act was the ultimate in selfishness

Instead of 'cowboy-ing up' and taking responsibility for his actions, and giving his victims the chance to confront him - he took the easy way out.

Fucker.