Nobody suspected Father Pat was anything other than the spiritual leader who took special interest in their kids' religious education. That's not uncommon in such cases, said Rev. Thomas Reese, senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. [not to mention a pro-abortion Catholic]
"It's a terrible shock when this happens," Reese said. "The question people will ask is, did the diocese know?"
La Crosse Tribune article on reactions to the Fr. Umberger scandal.
All I can say is this, the accusers of the diocese(what had been known and done) will be brought to silence once the diocese goes public. I seriously question the legalistic need to not comment on this publicly. The lack of a good PR staff and the over emphasis of one lawyers opinion is dragging all the members of our diocese through the mud.
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I seriously question the legalistic need to not comment on this publicly.
Well....
So far, there is not a SCINTILLA of evidence that the priest did anything untoward except the Dells incident (which COULD be nothing, by the way) and having the porn on his computer.
Now, then, the porn issue is serious.
But as you'll note from the newspaper stories, NOBODY ever saw/heard ANYTHING else about this guy.
So what, exactly, should the Diocese say?
Somebody's agitating, and it ain't good. This is obviously aimed at Listecki, and it's the third cheap-shot they've taken since he came to Milwaukee. Rumor, innuendo, mis-representation of facts, blowing up non-stories--all because Listecki is NOT a "member of the club."
... Well, they could tell us what they did do after learning of the Dells incident... And since there were no charges filed, what purpose would it serve to withhold those details? Porn charge was a separate incident.
And Listecki thought Chicago was bad...
I thought it humorous that they brought in Reese. It's like they borrowed the Journal Sentinel's dusty Rolodex.
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