Today we have a twofer, courtesy of the lamestream MSM in the JYC suburbs. First, the Roman institution
blames senility and a car accident for Groeschel's candor:
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A New York priest says he "deeply regrets" if he hurt anyone by his comments that priests accused of child sex abuse are often seduced by their accusers and that a first-time offender should not go to jail.
The Rev. Benedict Groeschel of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal apologized Thursday for the comments he made in an interview with the National Catholic Register published this week. The website for the conservative independent Register then removed the story and posted an apology for publishing the comments. Groeschel and the friars did as well.
"I did not intend to blame the victim. A priest (or anyone else) who abuses a minor is always wrong and is always responsible," Groeschel said in his post on the website. "My mind and my way of expressing myself are not as clear as they used to be. I have spent my life trying to help others the best that I could. I deeply regret any harm I have caused to anyone."
The friars expressed regret for the remarks and highlighted Groeschel's medical history. They said he had been in a car accident several years ago, and that "in recent months his health, memory and cognitive ability have been failing." They described the comments as "out of character."
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Second, a former grand poobah of a Romanist religious order, who apparently had quite a history, was
arrested in the JYC suburbs for raping a boy at a camp run by that order in Messyjewsex:
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A former high-ranking member of a Roman Catholic religious order accused of molesting a boy at a Massachusetts camp decades ago has been released on $1,000 bail after pleading not guilty.
The Rev. Richard McCormick, who was arrested in New Rochelle on Thursday, was arraigned Friday in Salem Superior Court on five counts of child rape. Prosecutors asked for $75,000 bail.
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The district attorney did not release additional details, but Mitchell Garabedian, who is the civil representative for the man who made the criminal complaint, said the alleged abuse took place at a camp run by the Salesian Brothers of Don Bosco whose eastern headquarters are in New Rochelle.
McCormick once led the order in the East, Garabedian said.
Garabedian has settled nine civil cases with the Salesians involving McCormick, he said, although there is no lawsuit pending with the complaint in the current criminal case. That person's name was not disclosed.
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