Friday, February 25, 2005

Another Priest Avoids Jail

Avoiding jail has become a specialty of the Roman Catholic priesthood. The latest example was seen in a Feb 23 issue of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 'Post-Gazette,' in an article titled, "Priest Pleads Guilty in Death of Pitt Football Player."

'Father' Henry Krawczyk in June 2003 held a late night "cookout" for several University of Pittsburgh football players. At 2:30 AM one of the players, aged 19, was fooling around in the crawl space above the church. He broke through the ceiling and fell 20 feet to his death in the sanctuary. His blood alcohol level was 0.166. This is twice the Pennsylvania drunk driving limit of 0.08.

In court on Feb 22, 'Father' Krawczyk admitted to furnishing alcohol to several underage Pitt players. "He also pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment and was sentenced to seven years' probation."

Regarding the underage players the article said:

"All of them (were) drinking freely from Krawczyk's liquor supply."

Also – Krawczyk, like other priests in the past few years, appeared unremorseful at the sentencing. The judge in the case said:

"There's one thing missing. That is -- other than his plea of guilty -- Mr. Krawczyk's acceptance of responsibility for this incident...That saddens me, and it angers me."

The dead player's family attorney noticed it, too:

"I have never been more outraged at a guilty plea. I cannot believe Mr. Krawczyk gave such a cold-hearted homily."

May our Lord use this tragic episode to show Catholics of western Pennsylvania the base wickedness of the Roman priesthood. May many Catholics repent of the sin of Catholicism, forsake Rome forever, and receive Christ by faith ALONE for the full and free forgiveness of sins – no 'Father' Krawczyk, or any Catholic priest, needed!