March 31, 2006
Roman Catholic Church Lobbies Lawmakers To Protect It From Being Sued By Victims of Sodomite Priests
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In a legislative staredown over whether to allow victims to file lawsuits for old instances of child sex abuse, the Senate blinked first and the Roman Catholic Church won. A reluctant Senate gave final approval yesterday to a House-passed bill that requires church officials to report suspected instances of abuse and creates an Internet registry of unconvicted sex offenders who are found liable in a civil case. After heavy lobbying by Ohio Catholic bishops, the House stripped a provision that would have given victims a one-year window, or look-back, to file a lawsuit for child sex abuse that occurred as long ago as 35 years. House Democrats tried to return the look-back provision to Senate Bill 17, but majority Republicans defeated it in a party-line vote. Catholic Church officials argued that while their alternative doesn't allow victims to collect monetary awards, it gives them justice(?) by bringing an accused offender into court who has avoided prosecution because the statute of limitations has run out. If evidence is sufficient, the accused can be placed on the Internet registry of sex offenders. Full story...Editor's note: What would Jesus do to child molesters in the church? Jesus commands that such sex offenders be dispatched to God by a Death Penalty execution. What type of execution? Drowning at sea. Jesus says, "it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea." (Matt.18:5-6). Jesus also says, "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (John.14:15)
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