Several days ago, Rick, of http://bentcorner.com/ commented on my post about Bishop Robert Finn, and his arrest for kiddie porn, specifically, allowing priests in his diocese to buy, sell, and trade kiddie porn; and Rick wanted to know if the local papers would run a booking photo of him, without his red cape and collar. I promised to look for one, and so far, have not been able to find such a photo. But I did find a photo of Finn entering the Cathredral of the Immaculate Conception in Kansas City Mo., this past Sunday. Word has it that he did not mention his arrest.................how surprised can I be? Not! Lots of people, mostly not Catholics or Christian, have been publicly asking Finn to simply step down or retire. He refuses. Either his attorney has advised him that such a move would look like an admission of guilt, he does not feel that human trafficking by way of child pornography is wrong, or retirement would inconvenience him by making kiddie porn harder to obtain and dispense if he stepped down and relenquished access to church computers. Perhaps all three. Here's a pic of Finn in what must be his Halloween costume.
The thing I think is truly amazing is that Bishop Finn actually preached at a church named after the immaculate conception after getting arrested for sex crimes! Forgive me, devout Christians out there, for being completely irreverent here, but is Finn trying to be funny? I mean...the immaculate conception? Not scientifically possible, and obviously not personally probable! Not if one uses the priestly behaviors in Kansas City as a barometer! Geesh........I remember asking my stepmother, when I was three, about this "immaculate conception" I kept hearing about, from her Christian family. When she explained it to me, I concluded that it is only a story, and could not have actually happened. She told me that "God" made it happen. I asked her why "God" would put a woman (Miriam, or "Mary", as she is called in Kansas City, by people who would kick her out of airplanes if they met her today) he obviously cared about in circumstances wherein she would be spurned by all of the other people, and Stepmonster didn't have an answer for that. And I was only three........the age that Finn and Company apparently like best!
Now that I am a lot older, there are other questions I must ask about all this. First of all, why isn't there a true booking photo in any of the local papers of Robert Finn, looking just as nasty as any other perp who's committed a sex crime? The closest I have been able to find is this one, without his red cape, but he is still wearing his stupid looking and meaningless collar.
Another question I must ask is this: why is he still preaching??? Why are his parishoners still listening to his sex offender ass? He obviously has no intention of stopping, as he has pleaded not guilty in the face of evidence and the guilt of accomplices! In my world, this makes him dangerous, and it makes his church and parishoners even more dangerous. No; my family will not be doing anything Christian any time soon. I am so glad I taught my children that Christianity is just another stupid fad, like boys wearing their jeans below their butt cracks. Did Christian pastors start that fad, too?
Another question has to do with the prioritizing of sex crimes against children, and the fact that the porn industry, when it deals in images of unwilling particapants, such as children, is HUMAN TRAFFICKING. No one here is taking this seriously enough. Here's a quote from yesterday's article in yesterday's Huffington Post that I found shocking: "At morning Mass on Wednesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Catholic Church in Kansas City, Mo., Tom Arnold, 60, said "your heart goes out" to abuse victims. However, he said he was reserving judgment until more information is available about the charge against the bishop. Finn faces a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor. The diocese also faces a $1,000 fine." Their "hearts go out to the abuse victims" BUT? But what? And people want to reserve judgement against the bishop until more information is available? Really? What information do they need? More missing children? Pictures of their own children bought and sold on seedy, illegal, CHRISTIAN websites? The bishop's picture belongs on the Missouri Sex Offender website! (will he take his collar off for THAT?) What more do these "sheeple" need in the way of information????
Ok; flame away, good Christians of Kansas City and the outlying areas. I know you will. And as long as you appear desireous of intelligent discourse, I will publish your comments and respond to them. Please promise me one thing, that you will care for your children, and protect them; and that you will question authority, even your bishop's, when it comes to the safety of your children, and that if something is going on at church that does not seem right, you will listen to your "gut feelings", and not wait until it is too late to ask the right questions and make sure your church is a safe place for children.
The thing I think is truly amazing is that Bishop Finn actually preached at a church named after the immaculate conception after getting arrested for sex crimes! Forgive me, devout Christians out there, for being completely irreverent here, but is Finn trying to be funny? I mean...the immaculate conception? Not scientifically possible, and obviously not personally probable! Not if one uses the priestly behaviors in Kansas City as a barometer! Geesh........I remember asking my stepmother, when I was three, about this "immaculate conception" I kept hearing about, from her Christian family. When she explained it to me, I concluded that it is only a story, and could not have actually happened. She told me that "God" made it happen. I asked her why "God" would put a woman (Miriam, or "Mary", as she is called in Kansas City, by people who would kick her out of airplanes if they met her today) he obviously cared about in circumstances wherein she would be spurned by all of the other people, and Stepmonster didn't have an answer for that. And I was only three........the age that Finn and Company apparently like best!
Now that I am a lot older, there are other questions I must ask about all this. First of all, why isn't there a true booking photo in any of the local papers of Robert Finn, looking just as nasty as any other perp who's committed a sex crime? The closest I have been able to find is this one, without his red cape, but he is still wearing his stupid looking and meaningless collar.
What makes Bishop Robert Finn so special, here in the midwest, that his mugshot does not appear in the local papers with other mugshots? Especially considering the seriousness of his crime? I mean.......I really don't care who got caught shoplifting from 7/11, or who got pulled over for DWI; but I have children of my own. When someone who preaches at a church at which my children may be invited, or officiates at a function to which I may take my children gets arrested for crimes against children, I really think the local media needs to make a much bigger deal of it, and show the world how Finn really looks, both in and out of his stupid-lookin' red cape. At this point, we really don't know if he takes off his cape, hat, and collar, and does even more pornographically illegal stuff, while not as readily recognized. Perhaps I am reaching, and I truly hope that I am........but I have seen stranger things happen.
Another question I must ask is this: why is he still preaching??? Why are his parishoners still listening to his sex offender ass? He obviously has no intention of stopping, as he has pleaded not guilty in the face of evidence and the guilt of accomplices! In my world, this makes him dangerous, and it makes his church and parishoners even more dangerous. No; my family will not be doing anything Christian any time soon. I am so glad I taught my children that Christianity is just another stupid fad, like boys wearing their jeans below their butt cracks. Did Christian pastors start that fad, too?
Another question has to do with the prioritizing of sex crimes against children, and the fact that the porn industry, when it deals in images of unwilling particapants, such as children, is HUMAN TRAFFICKING. No one here is taking this seriously enough. Here's a quote from yesterday's article in yesterday's Huffington Post that I found shocking: "At morning Mass on Wednesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Catholic Church in Kansas City, Mo., Tom Arnold, 60, said "your heart goes out" to abuse victims. However, he said he was reserving judgment until more information is available about the charge against the bishop. Finn faces a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor. The diocese also faces a $1,000 fine." Their "hearts go out to the abuse victims" BUT? But what? And people want to reserve judgement against the bishop until more information is available? Really? What information do they need? More missing children? Pictures of their own children bought and sold on seedy, illegal, CHRISTIAN websites? The bishop's picture belongs on the Missouri Sex Offender website! (will he take his collar off for THAT?) What more do these "sheeple" need in the way of information????
Ok; flame away, good Christians of Kansas City and the outlying areas. I know you will. And as long as you appear desireous of intelligent discourse, I will publish your comments and respond to them. Please promise me one thing, that you will care for your children, and protect them; and that you will question authority, even your bishop's, when it comes to the safety of your children, and that if something is going on at church that does not seem right, you will listen to your "gut feelings", and not wait until it is too late to ask the right questions and make sure your church is a safe place for children.
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