Rigali Retires: Protecting Child Rapists Is Hard

Cardinal Justin Rigali, the leader of the Philadelphia Roman Catholic archdiocese, which has been under fire, and under the microscope during a continuing scandal over sexual misconduct by priests--which is a polite way of calling them child rapists--has decided to retire.

Protecting and transferring pedophiles is hard work and he's done tuckered out.

See, Rigali's archdiocese, which is the sixth largest in the United States, home to some 1.5 million Catholics, has been accused of concealing the sexual abuse, molestation and rape, of children, in order to avoid a costly scandal.

The key word there is costly. Not the cost of a child's childhood, not the cost of a child's dignity, or trust or faith, but cost as in money that the church would have had to pay out.

They aren't about children, they're about money. The Pope needs more red Prada slip-ons.

Rigali, archbishop in Philadelphia since 2003, has been struggling to contain the pedophilia scandal in the aftermath of a grand jury report issued at the beginning of this year, after which three priests, a monsignor and a church teacher were indicted as a result of the report.

The grand jury report concluded: "We would have assumed, by the year 2011, after all the revelations both here and around the world, that the church would not risk its youth by leaving them in the presence of priests subject to substantial evidence of abuse. That is not the case." The grand jury found 37 such priests who have been kept in assignments that exposed them to children.


Thirty-seven abusers, molesters and rapists kept in their jobs, working with children so the Catholic Church could avoid a "costly scandal". I guess it doesn't matter to Rigali and the Catholic Church and the Pope how much this scandal has cost the children.

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Those Wacky Catholic Priests

Well, as in most cases, there's good news and there's bad news.

The good news? At least the Reverend Michael Manning wasn't raping children.

The bad news? Manning has confirmed to the San Bernardino Sun that he and Nancy Kotowski had been having an affair. The newspaper allegedly had possession of letters that indicated Manning ended the affair some two years ago. 

So much for that pesky vow of celibacy.

Still, I guess, in this case, there is badder news.
Baddest news?
Worse news!

Michael Manning is the first cousin of Nancy Kotowski's mother, making them second cousins.

Manning has taken a leave of absence from the ministry, saying, "The reality is I was living two lives: one as a priest who was vowed to celibacy and another life as a sexually active man in our sexual intimacy...The burden of deception in hotels, and with the community with whom I work and live has become overwhelming."

Kotowski. the Monterrey County Superintendent of Schools, says she and Manning once considered getting married, but, in the end, the Reverend opted to end the relationship so as to not continue violating his priesthood and sinning. 

Apparently, however, the two are still an item, as Kotowski admitted that they are now celibate, in support of Manning's vocation. "It's a struggle, but we know God is calling to us, so we honor that."

I guess when they first started schtupping one another, God called, but they were busy sneaking into hotels under assumed names.

Good Catholics. Good.

source: msnbc