PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Comedy Central
Oct 1, 2012 03:25 PM by Ilya Gerner
One rare locus of agreement between congressional Democrats and Republicans concerns the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Safety Administration. Yes, it’s a corrupt boondoggle that does little to keep Americans safe, but it’s our bipartisan corrupt boondoggle that does little to keep Americans safe, so long may it grope.
Fortunately, the TSA has redeeming features. Americans looking for career advice are always being told to “do what you love,” and in the case of one alleged pedophile, the TSA made dreams come true…
About four months after being defrocked by the Diocese of Camden in 2002, Thomas Harkins had a new job as a security officer, including patting down passengers, with the Transportation Security Administration at Philadelphia International Airport.
The TSA hired the former priest before completing a background check, the agency recently confirmed. According to a church document, the diocese revealed to the TSA in 2003 as part of the background check that Harkins had been removed from ministry because of allegations he had molested two grade-school girls. Harkins was never criminally prosecuted, but the diocese settled civil lawsuits for $195,000.
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