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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:43 PM Apr 2015

St. Louis Archbishop Says He Didn’t Know It Was Illegal For Priests To Have Sex With Kids

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2014/06/st-louis-archbishop-claims-he-wasnt-sure-it-was-illegal-for-priests-to-have-sex-with-kids/

An archbishop from St. Louis testified last month that he “wasn’t sure” if he knew it was illegal for priests to have sex with children.

Robert Carlson, now a 69-year-old archbishop in St. Louis but formerly an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, gave a deposition last month for a lawsuit that claims the Minnesota Archdiocese and the Diocese of Winona caused a “public nuisance” by not disclosing information on abusive priests, the MPR news first reported.

Carlson additionally faces a clergy abuse lawsuit as part of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, where more than 100 priests and church employees have been accused of sexual abuse, the St. Louis Dispatch reports. Carlson has served as archbishop there since 2009.

During the deposition last month, attorney Jeff Anderson asked Carlson if he knew it was a crime for an adult to engage in sexual acts with a child.

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St. Louis Archbishop Says He Didn’t Know It Was Illegal For Priests To Have Sex With Kids (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2015 OP

lack of sex make head think stupid shit. trumad Apr 2015 #1

Et tu, tru? KamaAina Apr 2015 #3

too much on my end.. trumad Apr 2015 #6

No, I was talking about that ugly logo. KamaAina Apr 2015 #12

Unbelievable. Literally. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2015 #2

"Was that wrong?" Richardo Apr 2015 #4

First thing I thought of! Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2015 #8

Pissed off parent didn't know it was illegal to shoot a priest B2G Apr 2015 #5

+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2015 #13

I guess he missed that day when they taught Luke. DeSwiss Apr 2015 #7

What a fool and a liar. jwirr Apr 2015 #8

that's because they got away with it for so long Skittles Apr 2015 #10

Ignorance of the law is no excuse, right? surrealAmerican Apr 2015 #11

I'll believe that one when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert. Initech Apr 2015 #14

That's 'sherbet'. KamaAina Apr 2015 #15

The story is from last June and may be incorrect struggle4progress Apr 2015 #16

trumad

(41,692 posts)

1. lack of sex make head think stupid shit.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:51 PM

Apr 2015

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

3. Et tu, tru?

Reply to trumad (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:52 PM

Apr 2015

trumad

(41,692 posts)

6. too much on my end..

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:54 PM

Apr 2015

At least that's what my back is telling me.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

12. No, I was talking about that ugly logo.

Reply to trumad (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:50 PM

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Xipe Totec

(43,892 posts)

2. Unbelievable. Literally. nt

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:51 PM

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Richardo

(38,391 posts)

4. "Was that wrong?"

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:53 PM

Apr 2015

Archbishop Costanza.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)

8. First thing I thought of!

Reply to Richardo (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:02 PM

Apr 2015

B2G

(9,766 posts)

5. Pissed off parent didn't know it was illegal to shoot a priest

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:53 PM

Apr 2015

Headlines I'd like to see...

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

13. +1000

Reply to B2G (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 07:00 PM

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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

7. I guess he missed that day when they taught Luke.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:59 PM

Apr 2015

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. - Luke 17:1-2

K&R

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

8. What a fool and a liar.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:02 PM

Apr 2015

Skittles

(153,240 posts)

10. that's because they got away with it for so long

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:07 PM

Apr 2015

passing the plate for pedophiles

surrealAmerican

(11,365 posts)

11. Ignorance of the law is no excuse, right?

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 06:22 PM

Apr 2015

Even if he didn't know the law, shouldn't he have thought that sex with children was some sort of sin or something?

Initech

(100,114 posts)

14. I'll believe that one when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 07:28 PM

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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

15. That's 'sherbet'.

Reply to Initech (Reply #14)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 07:39 PM

Apr 2015

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)

16. The story is from last June and may be incorrect

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 07:42 PM

Apr 2015

St. Louis archbishop says statement on sex abuse taken out of context
Dennis Coday | Jun. 11, 2014

... A full reading of the deposition shows that Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis was responding not to a general question about the sexual abuse of children but to a question about a specific point of Minnesota law -- mandatory reporting laws -- when he said, "I'm not sure whether I knew it was a crime or not. I understand today it's a crime" ...

http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/st-louis-archbishop-claims-statement-sex-abuse-taken-out-context

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