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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:04 AM
    How about that Catholic Church?
    Hello:

    Bill O'Reilly goes after lenient judges in this country who give passes to child molesters... Did he send a crew to the Vatican to ambush the Pope? Did he call for the Pop's resignation? I wonder if that has anything to do with him being a Catholic and stuff? Nahhh.. He's not a hypocrite.

    Bwa, ha ha ha ha.

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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:11 AM

    I don't speak for O'Reilley ,but my take has not changed since the revelations in the US . Any priest involved is a criminal who should be handed over to the authorities . Any senior member of the hierarchy involved in a coverup is equally a criminal .
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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:14 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Any senior member of the heirarchy involved in a coverup is equally a criminal .
    Hello tom:

    Well, I can see that you're NOT Catholic.

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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:18 AM

    Been Catholic all my life
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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:31 AM

    I like how the Pope is calling the accusations "Petty Gossip". Yeah that's real nice Buddy. A priest in Wisconsin molested over 200 deaf boys and they knew and what did they do NOTHING! It doesn't get much lower then that.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:34 AM

    I will not even try to defend the indefensible.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:36 AM

    On the occasions I have seen O'Reilly I haven't seen him shy away from taking on anyone. In fact, just for you I've dug up a transcript where he took the subject on in 2002. How did he become your target in this?
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    Mar 31, 2010, 08:46 AM

    how did he become your target in this?
    Because he broadcasts on FOX .
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    Mar 31, 2010, 09:12 AM

    You're right, tom, I forget. Actually, I just don't think that way, I see no need to project the blame for something as hideous as pedophilia onto someone else.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 09:38 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    On the occasions I have seen O'Reilly I haven't seen him shy away from taking on anyone. In fact, just for you I've dug up a transcript where he took the subject on in 2002. how did he become your target in this?
    Did you even read the transcript? All he wants is for the priests caught molesting children and the cardinals protecting them to resign - that's it!
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    Mar 31, 2010, 09:53 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    Did you even read the transcript? All he wants is for the priests caught molesting children and the cardinals protecting them to resign - that's it!
    NK, once and for all you can safely assume I've read what I'm posting. This is the relevant portion to my answer:

    O’REILLY: Second of all, even if it's molesting a 14- or 15-year-old, it's a heinous crime...

    MCGOWAN: Absolutely.

    O’REILLY:... it's a heinous crime

    MCGOWAN: Absolutely.

    O’REILLY: So you can cut, you know, split hairs, pedophilia, pederasts, you can do all of that stuff. The bottom line is that this scandal would never have come to the light if not for The Boston Globe and then subsequent follow-ups from people like me. Wouldn't you agree?

    MCGOWAN: I agree, and I think you guys should be applauded for that...

    O’REILLY: Well, we're not being applauded...

    MCGOWAN: ... I think it's...

    O’REILLY: ... we're being condemned...
    As for your complaint, it requires the context:

    O’REILLY: The big story here is that cardinals, all right, with tremendous power have been able to circumvent the law in this country and have prosecutors cowers before them, senators cower before them. And these cardinals, supposed to be pillars of morality, are so arrogant they won't resign after they allow the pedophiles, the Geoghans, the Shanleys, to run around, still won't resign. That's the big story here.
    Sounds to me like he's complaining that they're getting away with the cover-up legally and on top of that don't even have the moral fortitude to resign. He deserves credit for this, not ridicule.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 09:55 AM
    How come he has done no follow-ups? The problem never went away.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 09:58 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by NeedKarma View Post
    How come he has done no follow-ups? The problem never went away.
    You assume too much. I don't have time to find every instance of O'Reilly addressing this, that's why the single post showing he has taken this on from the beginning.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 10:58 AM

    Why hasn't Katie Couric taken this up as a cause? If she can peel herself away from her Obama blow up doll long enough. Or does CBS not care about Child molestors... or PBS... or NBC... or ABC. Because none of them are making it an issue.

    Perhaps Obama condones it as well, because we haven't heard him speak up about it... he does need to be on TV every single day to satisfy his obsession... surely he could have found time to say something if he cared.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 11:02 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by smoothy View Post
    Why hasn't Katie Couric taken this up as a cause? If she can peel herself away from her Obama blow up doll long enough. Or does CBS not care about Child molestors...or PBS...or NBC....or ABC. Because none of them are making it an issue.
    CBS is too busy doing hard hitting interviews of Obama.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 11:09 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by speechlesstx View Post
    CBS is too busy doing hard hitting interviews of Obama.
    They must be working really hard on the editing... because none of them have aired yet. THe only thing I've seen on CBS so far is ever continuing Obama campaign propaganda... didn't anyone inform them the election is over yet?
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    Mar 31, 2010, 12:38 PM

    Hey don't you guys go to church? Why aren't you doing something about it. Smoothy you have made it quite clear you don't need any help from anyone so get off your tea bag and do something.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 12:52 PM

    I'm not catholic... and while I don't support clild abuse... American abuse by the left is a far more pressing cause to focus on.
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    Mar 31, 2010, 12:52 PM

    And were are the investigations of the boy scouts and the molesting issues there, now that their "secret files" have been brought to light
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    Mar 31, 2010, 12:55 PM

    Way to spin it Smoothy. So you are Rabble but no action got it. Fr Chuck I have always had my suspicions boy scouts that's why I joined the basketball team and not the scouts.
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