Pedophilia priests are everywhere.

Eric W. Shamlin • 6th Apr 2010 • Random Thoughts, Random Thoughts, Theology

From The Stranger.

Father Poole has never been convicted of a crime, but the Jesuits have settled numerous sex-abuse claims against him since 2005, in excess of $5 million, according to an attorney involved in four of those five lawsuits. Exact figures aren’t available because some of the settlements involve confidentiality agreements. The Jesuits have never let a single case against Father Poole go to trial.

In a 2005 deposition, Rachel testified that she had been molested by Father Poole in 1975, while in Nome for her second suicide attempt, an attempted overdose of alcohol and pills. He’d come sit by her bed, put his hand under the hospital blanket, and fondle her, she said.

HT: Pharyngula

As PZ says, “we should start regarding Catholicism as a Mafia-like criminal organization.”