Back at you, Santorum – The Boston Globe
The scandal in Washington so mirrors what’s happened in Boston and other Catholic dioceses the nation over to the point of being surreal. A rank-and-file member of an organization does wrong by a minor. The hierarchy, in turn, does nothing. Now, rather than a priest, it’s a 52-year-old Republican congressman — or make that a former congressman, given Mark Foley’s resignation on Friday. Foley, by the way, has pulled the Patrick Kennedy defense, checking himself into rehab, as if everyone is supposed to applaud the courage of self-awareness.And rather than a bunch of archbishops and cardinals, it’s the House leadership, which showed a breathtaking lack of curiosity after they learned of Foley’s e-mails to a 16-year-old page. They contend to have never learned of Foley’s exchange with a page in which he wrote: “Well, strip down and get relaxed.”
Humiliated church leaders ended up in Rome, or at least Cardinal Law did. Humiliated Republicans will probably end up in the minority party, this scandal coming at the worst possible time for a party already under siege over things like Iraq and Jack Abramoff.
I noticed this parallel immediately. Cardinal Law – Priest / Speaker Hastert – Foley. So when do the lawsuits begin?