I don't know this priest, Neil Doherty, but he's got my attention. Another case of over-ambitious prosecutors railroading a fine-looking man who was simply trying to do god's work. He put the fear of jesus into kids. This is what we clergy are trained to do. (Of course the amazing thing is people continue to send their kids to us.)
"Ex-priest takes plea in child sex abuse case"
"A former Margate priest accused of molesting dozens of boys for decades faces up to 15 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to charges brought by a man who grew up in the 1990s across the street from the church.
"A bearded Neil Doherty, 69, appeared haggard and frail in a beige jail jumpsuit in a Broward County courtroom Monday morning. He pleaded no contest to six counts of lewd and lascivious actions on a child.
"Although Doherty faces no other criminal charges, he has been accused of molesting at least 27 children in Broward and Miami-Dade counties since as early as 1972 and has been the subject of numerous lawsuits against himself and against the Archdiocese of Miami..."
A real panhandler, former Miami priest Neil Doherty will be doing some hard time:
No comments:
Post a Comment