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	Clash between Politics, Religion in N.H. NECN April 2, 2011 http://www.necn.com/04/01/11/Clash-between-politics-religion-in-NH/landing_politics.html?blockID=495896&feedID=4212 [with video] A war of words stemming from a protest at the New Hampshire State House Thursday. A House majority leader is standing behind his Facebook comments in which he called Bishop John McCormack a "pedophile pimp". New Hampshire House Majority Leader DJ Bettencourt is taking a lot of heat in the wake of Thursday's big State House rally. He called the Bishop of Manchester a pedophile pimp for statements the Catholic leader at the rally made about the poor and vulnerable. A Catholic, Bettencourt questioned Bishop McCormack's commitment to vulnerable children while working for Cardinal Bernard Law during the clergy's abuse crisis. On his Facebook page - the Republican Representative wrote: "This man is a pedophile pimp who should have been led away from the State House in handcuffs with a rain coat over his head in disgrace. He has absolutely no moral credibility to lecture anyone." At the rally in New Hampshire, Bishop McCormack told the crowd and NECN the state needs to protect people. The diocese responded to the majority leader's comments by saying, in part, "That statement is clearly false, defamatory, and detracts from the real issue. Bishop McCormack's message to the people of New Hampshire yesterday was the simple message of the Gospels. Garth Corriveau is a Catholic, a Democrat and alderman from Manchester who posted his own message on Facebook about the controversy
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