duke
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> On 23 Aug 2008 00:23:02 GMT, Enkidu
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> >>duke
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>>>>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:07:57 +0000 (UTC), cary@
afone.as.arizona.edu
>>> (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
>>>
>>>>In article <6jrta4psr5tvc86d4s223k58m3jkkr49np@
4ax.com> duke
>>>>
cox.net> writes: >>>>> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:21:30 +0000 (UTC), cary@
afone.as.arizona.edu
>>>>> (Cary Kittrell) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> They've already been paid their blackmail money for unproven
>>>>>>>>> events.
>>>>>>>>The evidence was strong enough to convict priests,
>>>>>>> No trials.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jesuit Priest Convicted of Molestation: 'I will always be a
>>>>>> priest'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
>>>>>
>>>>>> *Defiant molester: 'I will always be a priest'*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Rev. Donald J. McGuire, convicted of molesting two boys,
>>>>>> said Wednesday that he's fighting an effort by Chicago's
>>>>>> Jesuits to expel him from their religious order.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, that's great. They finally convicted a few in a court of law.
>>>>
>>>>That's "few", as in "from the first page of Google hits".
>>>
>>> Other atheists have been moaning about this lack of court trial for
>>> some time now. If you want to start now, go ahead.
>>
>>You can't try a case in civil court when the defendant settles rather
>>than go to trial, and you can't try a case in criminal court when the
>>defendant pleads guilty.
>
> And there were very few trials.
Because the defendants, priest or church, most often refuse to put the
evidence before a jury. They expect the evidence that will be presented
will result in guilty verdicts or heavy financial penalties, so they
settle without presenting the evidence. Clearly, the priests and the
church know the evidence against them and expect guilty verdicts. They
are settling for the best deal they can get, and in the church's case,
the evidence of their complicity never becomes public. They hid molester-
priests, and now they're hiding the evidence that they hid molester-
priests.
Face it, Dook, if the evidence wasn't overwhelming, they wouldn't settle
for hundreds of millions of dollars or decades in prison.
--
Enkidu AA#2165
EAC Chaplain and ordained minister,
ULC, Modesto, CA
"Come on Milhouse, there's no such thing as a soul! It's just something
they made up to scare kids, like the Boogie Man or Michael Jackson."
- - Bart Simpson
