PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Centre Daily
JUST HOW CORRUPT IS THIS ARCHDIOCESE?
WE NORMALLY don't give warnings about graphic language in editorials, especially those that deal with the Catholic Church. But if you're easily offended by sexual subjects, hypocrisy and evil - or by criticism directed at the leaders of a noble religion - turn away.
Yesterday a Philadelphia grand jury, under the direction of District Attorney Lynne Abraham, issued a 418-page report on scores of local priests who preyed on our children and how the Archdiocese of Philadelphia protected those priests. For years.
No horror novel could capture the depravity described in this report.
Here is one graphic example involving the Rev. Francis P. Rogers:
A young boy "described waking up intoxicated in the priest's bed, opening his eyes to see Father Rogers, three other priests, and a seminarian surrounding him. Two of the priests ejaculated on him while Father Rogers masturbated himself. Then Father Rogers sucked on the victim's penis, pinched his nipples, kissed him, and rubbed his stubbly beard all over him. The former altar boy, whom Father Rogers began abusing when he was about 12 years old, remains haunted by memories of the abuse more than 35 years later."