"But Your Honor, He Wasn't a Parishioner..."

Cleveland, Ohio Roman priest Daniel McBride pleaded guilty May 15, "To a charge of promoting prostitution...and (he) faces up to five years in prison and a fine of $10,000." This was reported in a May 16 Cleveland 'Plain Dealer' article titled, "Priest Admits Paying Boy, 17, for Sex."

The article said, "Sheriff's deputies were staking out...a suspected gay brothel, on April 21, 2002, when they saw McBride accompany a friend to the bar. He was there, prosecutors said, to meet the 17-year-old boy..." McBride then took the boy up to his Chautauqua, New York condominium for a day where, "He paid the boy $140 and bought him a $10 compact disc by rapper Project Pat."

Naturally, excuses are being made for this pervert priest. McBride's attorney said, "There was never even a hint that he did anything wrong with any other minors or any of his parishioners. What he did was as a private person. The fact that he happened to be a Catholic priest is irrelevant."

The article further stated that McBride's attorney, "Accused prosecutors of targeting McBride specifically because he was a priest."

Ohhhh...I get it...Catholics must think that priestly homosexual acts with minors aren't so bad when the priest is only caught 'once.' And...Catholics really aren't worried about their homosexual priests if they attack only those children who aren't "parishioners."

I implore all bible believing Christians to pray daily that Christ would protect children from - the Roman Catholic priesthood.