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	Let's Make a Deal -- Let's Finally Protect Children Instead of Dysfunctional Sex Freaks By Mike Ference Pittsburgh Independent Examiner October 3, 2009 http://www.examiner.com/x-12613-Pittsburgh-Independent-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Lets-make-a-deal--lets-finally-protect-children-instead-of-dysfunctional-sex-freaks My last examiner article was not meant to be prophetic. I guess after almost 20 years of investigating dysfunctional sex freaks like Raymond Lahey, a 69-year-old Roman Catholic Bishop who was recently released on $9,000 bail, charged with possessing and importing child pornography, maybe it just comes with the territory. I thought some would view my ranting and raving about how law enforcement and elected officials must choose to look the other way, rather than confront pious and pathetic Catholic Church leaders when clerics are caught or suspected of heinous crimes against innocent children. In the case of Bishop Lahey, maybe his lust for child pornography was hidden with similar skills displayed on the game show “Let’s Make A Deal,” where contestants could bargain and negotiate their way through a series of propositions hoping to win a grand prize behind door number one, two or three. It’s very possible that Canadian police may have been aware of Lahey’s interest in child pornography as early as 1989 – albeit, in 1989 child pornography was not a crime in Canada. CBS News reported that a former resident of the infamous Mount Cashel orphanage told police 20 years ago that he had seen child pornography in Lahey’s home, in the St. John’s suburb of Mount Pearl. Two brothers Billy and Shane Earle testified at Newfoundland and Labrador’s Hughes inquiry into the Mount Cashel orphanage, where the two boys had suffered abuse. CBS News quoted from an email Earle had sent to his brother Billy: “During the investigation in 1989 I did reveal to police that during a visit to Father Raymond Lahey’s house in Mount Pearl, I found catalogs of child pornography addressed to Ray Lehay. The pictures were of teen boys sexually aroused.” If the report is accurate, did Lehay play let’s make a deal with the Canadian court system to keep the information hushed up? Was Lehay rewarded with a bishop post because of his skills in parleying deals with government officials to cover up sex abuse crimes against innocent children? Did Lehay help Catholic hierarchy cover-up other clergy abuse crimes? If so, how many other victims went without help? How many resorted to drugs or alcohol? How many victims committed suicide? We have to ask these questions. Catholic church hierarchy have had decades – if not centuries – to fess up to dysfunctional sex freaks parading around as priests, bishops, cardinals – and yes, even popes. Instead, God’s most precious commodity – innocent children – are nothing more than bargaining chips for whatever prizes the Catholic church doles out to protect dysfunctional sex freaks. Contestants can win cash and other prizes; scholarships to Catholic universities and colleges for sons and daughters; lucrative distribution contracts with Catholic institutions; career advancement and job placement with corrupt political cronies; the list goes on and on. And so do the crimes and the cover-ups The struggle continues as the “congregation” of victims continues to grow.
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