Santorum, July 2002: "No surprise" Catholic Church child abuse scandal happened in "liberal" Boston

[Amerigo Vespucci]

When the Catholic Church child abuse scandal began garnering major national attention in the early 2000s, Santorum insinuated that liberalism was to blame, speciously pointing to the fact that many instances of abuse were being reported in Massachusetts.

"While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm," the senator wrote in July 2002.

Romney, who would become governor of Massachusetts months later, was, naturally, not pleased.

"Senator Santorum is a fine person, and we're all entitled to make a mistake once in a while," Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's spokesman then and now, told local press at the time.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/mitt-romney-rick-santorum-catholic-church_n_1181398.html

[Justice wanted]

1. Rick is such a JERK! GAWD I'm still ashamed he was PA's Senator for as long as he was.

[tularetom]

2. You mean the child abuse scandal that was not as serious as the Penn State child abuse scandal

that happened in the "conservative" area of Centre County PA, Santorum's former constituency?

Is that the one?

[WinkyDink]

3. Oh, that liberal Catholic Church!

[Wait Wut]

4. Good.

I was hoping someone else caught that.

[Kind of Blue]

5. That's what I can't stand about

Santorum's "surge," that the amount of stupid coming out of his mouth would be broadcast far and wide. He needs to check out Database of Publicly Accused Priests in the United States and see there was an outcry here when it happened repeatedly in what was then staunchly Republican San Diego. I guess they're all saying whatever now in utter desperation. http://www.bishop-accountability.org/priestdb/PriestDBbydiocese.html

[spanone]

7. catholic church? liberal? c'mon rick, you're a 'devout' catholic

[louis-t]

8. Someone needs to show him the list

of repuke child molesters. He might throw up on his shoes.

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