A Slave To "Research"

Thw Smoking Gun ^ | 2/15/2008

[Deek1969]

Explicit police reports detail child porn case against Bernie Ward

FEBRUARY 15--When radio talk show host Bernie Ward was arrested last year on child pornography charges, his lawyers downplayed the federal rap, saying that his client was merely doing research for a book when he accessed and distributed illicit images. But police reports indicate that Ward, a 56-year-old former Catholic priest, began a graphic online correspondence with a San Francisco-area dominatrix who used the name "Sexfairy" and called cops when Ward sent her a lewd digital image featuring a topless woman, a nude boy, and a young girl. According to the Oakdale Police Department reports, copies of which you'll find below, the woman, Linda Figueiredo, informed investigators that she never told Ward of a desire to "see or hear about sexual activities among minors." The documents note that in his 2004-05 instant message exchanges with the 33-year-old Figueiredo, Ward, using the alias "Vincentlio," made reference "that he might be sexually abusing minors" or allowing them to "engage in sexual acts in his presence."

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Sheeesh, if you can’t trust your dominatrix, who can you trust???

[flowerplough]

Off-the-record Police complaints also indicate that Ward, a 56-year-old former Catholic priest, and a former hi-level Barbara Boxer staff person, had been getting help from local and federal government officials in slowing and hushing the investigation into his kiddie porn lifestyle choice.

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Sheeesh, if you can’t trust your dominatrix Barbara Boxer, who can you trust???

[Deek1969]

Be careful if you read the all the pages. Some of this stuff will make you vomit

[PzLdr]

What about the “Client-Dominatrix” privilege?

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I live in the SF Bay area, and have developed a rather strong stomach. Still, thanks for the head’s up, I think I’ll skip knowing the details.

[rogue yam]

When this perv first got busted, the DUmmies were certain to a man of his innocence. The theory was that he was "targeted" for "speaking truth to power". Incredibly, even in the face of the present revelations there are plenty on DU that insist the charges are false and speak of missing his radio broadcasts.

It is also worth noting that the perv's leftist ideology is almost never mentioned in the coverage. When, by way of counterexample, Rush ran into legal trouble, every article mentioning him described him as a conservative radio talk show host.

[martin_fierro]

The Lion Lyin' of the Left!

[Landru]

"Sheeesh, if you can’t trust your dominatrix, who can you trust???"

A dog.

Bernie really should've stuck with his longtime & time proven pals in SF's bathhouses.

The *fellas* Bernie's about to meet inside San Quentin.

...won't be nearly as gentle.