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Deliver us from Evil

Today I Think of Bob Jyono

June 30, 2017 by Randal

Yesterday I learned about the latest emerging pedophile scandal in the Catholic Church, one that centers on Cardinal George Pell, by some reports the third most powerful man in the Church. (I’m not up on Catholic polity so I won’t render an opinion either way on that.) This will be settled in the courts, but […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bob Jyono, Catholic Church, Deliver us from Evil, pedophile, problem of evil

Why does the Catholic Church continue to protect its abusers?

February 26, 2013 by Randal

The 2006 documentary “Deliver Us from Evil” tells the horrifying story of convicted pedophile (and, in my non-professional assessment, clinical psychopath)  Oliver O’Grady. Father O’Grady was a priest in the Roman Catholic Church who was shuttled around various dioceses in California for decades, groping and raping children along the way. His victims are in the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Catholic Church, Deliver us from Evil, Oliver O'Grady, psychopathy, rape, Roger Mahony

Psychopaths in the pulpit and pew

February 3, 2012 by Randal

Clifford Everybody knew Clifford. He was loud and brash but also had the ability to be charming, even mesmerizing. He had a criminal record longer than your arm, but he could also quote scripture like nobody’s business. The year was 1981 and Clifford was attending the same church in Surrey, British Columbia as “Dave”. (I […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: church, Clifford Olson, Deliver us from Evil, Oliver O'Grady, psychopath, psychopathy

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