Posted on 08/21/2008 2:16:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Couldn’t happen to a nicer assh*le. Typical democrat.
He’ll spend the next nine years being someone else’s “research” project.
You are correct. "God only knows what he did as a priest." That leaves you and me out of that knowledge. This man might have been a very moral priest, or he could have been corrupt. But we don't know. Only God knows.
We do know that 25 or 30 years after he left the priesthood, he distributed child pornography. He has admitted at least one of his crimes and will be going to jail.
You are also correct that "people who take advantage of religion and priesthood deserve every bit of punishment they receive, and probably more too." But corrupt priests are nothing new to the church. That is exactly what my tagline is referring to.
I am not Catholic, but I very much appreciate Catholic England of the 13th century. In my quote from Chaucer, he is talking about a corrupt priest. As a Catholic writing for a Catholic audience, Chaucer believed that a priest received something extremely valuable in his ordination that could by analogy be compared to gold. In that respect, the layman can be compared to iron. But if the gold of the priest can rust, what does that say about the iron of the rest of us who are not priests?
We don't know if Ward's gold rusted when he was a priest. Only God knows. But we men of iron do know that Ward's iron as a layman did rust. And that is what is so sad about a man whose politics I disagreed with. There are lots of ways that men of iron can rust. And that is part of the great wisdom of Chaucer and the 13th century in England.
But, interestingly — they DIDN’T mention he hosted “God Talk” on KGO and accepted “members” into his own “church”....
He was also quite vocal in critizing the “leadership” of the Catholic church in the Bay Area......perhaps harboring a grudge for being tossed out for his inappropriate behavior with the young girls in “his care”....
A typical Leftist.....rules are for others...
All animals are equal, but the Pigs are more equal that others.
When I was a kid, I cracked up the first time I heard “...but some animals are MORE equal than others”. It made so little sense. And then I discovered what communism actually was and it became a little less funny and a little more frightening.
Looks like Michael Moore.
“short eyes” Ward will have a tough time in prison. I hope he will turn to the God he seems to have forsaken.
It would conflict with the Leftist dogma they teach today.
That and the Giver will probably not be taught for much longer, assuming they’re still taught. Great books. It’s too bad really.
Bernie will likely be in protective custody away from the GP.
Priest?? This is not right. Ward may have attended a seminary but I do not think he was ever ordained. His wikipedia bio says: “He then studied for three years at the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, obtaining a Theology degree in 1977.[1] He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood with the Society of the Precious Blood the same year,[4][2] but left the priesthood after two years.” But this was probably entered to wiki by some Left wing wackjob. Does anyone know how to check this?
I prefer Italian justice for him. Cut off his privates, stuff them in his mouth then hang him upside down from a lamp post. Only has to be repeated once a generation.
All of KGO should be sentenced to 9 years.......
So - I guess he won’t be speaking at the Dem convention...
The “Lion of the Left” actually was the “Lyin’ of the Left” after all. What Ward did was creepy; general population won’t be kind to him.
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