Posted on 01/18/2014 11:23:29 AM PST by Salvation
Los Angeles Attorney Declares Rampant Fraud, Many Abuse Claims Against Catholic Priests are Entirely False
"One retired F.B.I. agent who worked with me to investigate many claims in the Clergy Cases told me, in his opinion, about ONE-HALF of the claims made in the Clergy Cases were either entirely false or so greatly exaggerated that the truth would not have supported a prosecutable claim for childhood sexual abuse."
(Capital letters are Steier's)
If there is money to be had, it’s not surprising scammers would jump on.
I’m not surprised. Take away the financial incentive, and a large number of claims disappear. It’s been a propaganda gold mine for atheist proselytizers and the left, though.
False abuse claims: even in my little circle, I know of two, personally. I am not surprised.
Investigated many claims? And based on that he tell his boss 1/2 are false or exaggerated? Define exaggerated. Kid was only raped once, not twice? How many are exaggerated versus false?
This article is pathetic. Why am I not surprised considering who is paying the attorney fees.
No surprise. Unfortunately because of public opinion the only choice is to settle which in most eyes is admission and continues the vicious cycle.
I have had gays tell me that some gay organizations openly assist false claimants as a part of their war on the Church.
While yes, I am sure there are fraudulent cases, please don’t close your hearts to all the victims there ARE. I have some association with SNAP, and there are wonderful grown men (and women) who can give you excruciating details and names as to their abuse at the hands of clergy (or other authorities). And though the Catholic Church gets the worst rap (I believe because some pedophiles CHOOSE to fake their calling and go Into the priesthood to avoid trappings of normal marriage and to have a higher than thou vantage point and access to young victims), there are pedophiles in the Protestant and in the Jewish — even the orthodox — clergy too.
To use your power, and abuse Gd’s, in order to destroy children is so evil, no house of worship should ever focus on some who want to get in on a scam when there are living, breathing, precious people who have been abused.
In my little circle, I know of three.
So sad that this happened to innocent priests.
That doesn’t surprise me either....a way to move their homosexual agenda forward.
A defense attorney says half his clients are innocent. Shocker.
Who is paying/has paid the lawyer?
And protestant FReepers.
It is a relief to know that only half the reported cases of reported sexual abuse are true and many are somewhat exaggerated.
It does suggest a new PR campaign...”We don’t rape half as many kids as you think we do!”
**”I have had accused priest clients take polygraph examinations performed by very experienced former law enforcement experts, including from L.A.P.D., the Sheriff Department, and F.B.I. In many cases the examinations showed my clients’ denial of wrongdoing was ‘truthful,’ and in those cases I offered in writing to the accuser to undergo a similar polygraph examination at my expense. In every case the accuser refused to have his veracity tested by that investigative tool, which is routinely used by intelligence agencies.”**
Did you miss this? The priests passed the lie detector tests, but the accusers refused to take them......hmmm....sounds like those accusers are fraudulent!!
Please check the dateline of this story. LOL! It’s not new!
I agree that prayers are needed for all.
I think it’s been obvious for years that a good number of these claims have been bogus. Not all but many. We need to find ways to sift claims better and a whole lot quicker. Anyone can claim anything and it takes years to resolve. This is not a just system.
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