PHILADELPHIA (PA)
TheMediaReport
Dave Pierre
Prosecutors in the high-profile abuse cases in Philadelphia are revealing that their cases may be more about their open distaste for the Catholic Church than their desire for justice for abused children.
In a hearing on Tuesday (1/24/12), Assistant District Attorney Patrick Blessington (a so-called “Chief of Special Investigations”) actually asserted the following to the presiding judge:
“Time and time and time again, [Catholic officials] lie to victims because they are not concerned about the victims; they are just concerned about the almighty dollar and mother Church.”
Blessington’s remark was made after Monday’s hearing where another Assistant District Attorney, Mark Cipolletti, claimed:
“The archdiocese was supplying [an accused ex-priest] with an endless amount of victims … It was a willful blindness.”
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