Friday, March 19, 2010

Just making an observation...

Member of Texas polygamist sect sentenced 75 years
Now, I've previously suggested that some enterprising U.S. Attorney indict the Catholic Church under the RICO Act.

Some of you, my loyal readers, may have thought that this was extremely unlikely, because the Government is loathe to prosecute religious organizations.

The headline above belies that notion.
The Government has been quite happy to go after The Church of Scientology, religious organizations that promote child abuse, and other non-mainstream religious organizations.

We - our Government - burned down the Branch Davidian complex in Waco under Clinton's administration.

There really IS precedent for U.S. Government legal action against religious organizations.
The only novelty I've proposed is using RICO.
... and given the Catholic Church's history of child sexual abuse, I don't think it's all that much of a stretch.
It just takes one courageous U.S. Attorney.

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