Vatican: Ephebophilia, Not Pedophilia

[Caliga]

"They were for research purposes."

[Malthus]

"They were for research purposes."

Yeah, that would be a good one. 

[The Brain]

The Pete Townshend defense. It's a classic.

[Martinus]

The Pete Townshend defense. It's a classic.

It was actually used by a child psychologist/therapist in Poland. Of course the fact that he himself made the pictures with his patients didn't help.

[Caliga]

It was actually used by a child psychologist/therapist in Poland. Of course the fact that he himself made the pictures with his patients didn't help.

"I'm trying to get inside the mind of a pedophile."

[Martinus]

Surprisingly enough, the guy seemed like he was actually innocent of actual sexual abuse (other than taking the pictures). I think he got 8 years, but died due to cancer. A very bizarre story (he was considered one of the leading Polish psychiatrists).

[Caliga]

(he was considered one of the leading Polish psychiatrists).

Helpful hint:  All psychiatrists are themselves insane.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

This sort of thing doesn't help.

Bishop negotiates sex crime settlement on behalf of Church:

"Ron Martin and Bishop [Raymond] Lahey had the courage ... to try to find a better way to do these types of claims. So I'm very proud to be a part of this process," said Bruce MacIntosh, lawyer for the diocese.
. . .
Last month, Lahey announced the multimillion-dollar settlement and formally apologized to the victims and their families.

"I want them to know how terribly sorry we are, how wrong this abuse was, and how we are now trying to right these past wrongs."

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/09/10/ns-court-sex-abuse-church.html

Fifteen days later, same bishop is charged with possession of child porn, disappears:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2009/09/30/ns-bishop-charged.html

Ottawa police have issued an arrest warrant for a Roman Catholic bishop from Nova Scotia facing child pornography charges.

Raymond Lahey, a native of Newfoundland who was with the Antigonish diocese until his sudden resignation on Saturday, currently can't be found, Ottawa police Const. Jean-Paul Vincelette said Wednesday.

...

Lahey was re-entering Canada at the Ottawa International Airport on Sept. 15 when members of the Canada Border Services Agency pulled him aside for a secondary examination, according to a release from Ottawa police. Officers found images on Lahey's laptop computer "that were of concern."

He was released at the time. The computer was seized and police said a subsequent forensic examination of the computer revealed child pornography.

Lahey was charged on Sept. 25. No court date has been set.

The former leader of the diocese of Antigonish is perhaps best known as the man who helped broker a $15-million settlement with people who said they had been sexually abused by priests in the diocese, in some cases dating back to 1950. That settlement was approved by a Nova Scotia court on Sept. 10.

[Pete Townsend] It was research[/Pete Townsend]

[Eddie Teach]

Buddha = too late

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Buddha = too late

d'oh! Damn you and your earlier Timezone Cal!