Judge denies former Springfield Bishop Thomas Dupre motion to keep video testimony from public

The Springfield Republican ^ | 7/16/2010 | Stephanie Barry

[Vermont Lt]

SPRINGFIELD - As his defense lawyer feared, a videotaped deposition of disgraced Bishop Thomas L. Dupre may soon make the Internet in the wink of a cybereye, after a Hampden Superior Court judge denied his motion to keep the interview from the public.

[Vermont Lt]

The beat goes on.

Three hours of the 5th.

[MrEdd]

Dupre’s lawyer, Michael O. Jennings, argued that the interview featured his client asserting his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself for three hours, and that making it public would serve no other purpose than to embarrass him.

On the contrary. It validates the victims who after being raped as children were further subjected to disbelief and rejection for decades.

[Vermont Lt]

I appreciate an individual’s right to not incriminate himself.

However, don’t these men understand that they are not princes? Don’t they understand that if they expect US to follow them they have to be worthy of our dedication and loyalty.

They think the churches are empty because of Hollywood and rap music.

The churches are empty because they cannot provide decent leadership that accepts responsibility, and atones for their own sins.

Not only should Rome toss this guy under the bus, they should give us all a turn at the wheel.