UNITED STATES
NewsMax.com
Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:25 p.m. EDT
Senator Rick Santorum is firing back at Senate libertine Ted Kennedy, after Kennedy complained about the Pennsylvania conservative's comments linking the priest sex abuse scandal to Boston's notorious liberalism.
"I don't think Ted Kennedy lecturing me on the teachings of the church and how the church should handle these problems is something I'm going to take particularly seriously," Santorum said during a conference call with Catholic media.
According to Pennsylvania's Patriot News, Santorum also questioned Kennedy's following of church doctrine and said he is unaware of Kennedy or Sen. John Kerry getting involved to address the church's problem.
Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner fired back, telling the Patriot News: "If Senator Santorum wants to try to change the subject and make personal attacks on Senator Kennedy and his faith, then that says more about Senator Santorum than it does about Senator Kennedy.