N.L. priest facing sex charges found dead

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It’s appalling that this priest has been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion, without even getting to defend himself in court. Once that accusation is out there, you’re tainted forever. You can be sure that if it turns out there was nothing to the allegations, the CBC will never print a followup article to this one, refuting the allegations. I don’t know if he was guilty or not, but it’s a shame his entire life’s work has been thrown into a seedy light. I never expect the CBC to have favourable articles about Catholicism, but the least they could do is exercise some journalistic integrity. Geez, and my tax dollars are supporting this. The coments section is even worse. When the Pope broke his wrist ther were pages and pages of obscene comments and the CBC moderators let them all through.
 
It’s strange that they allowed comments because the last couple of news items about accused priests were closed to comments. I wonder if it has to do with the CBC website being monitored by different people based depending the province. This report was on the NL site, the closed comments were on the NB site.

It’s also the implication of suicide that is problematic. No autopsy result was released by the RCMP so people jumped to the conclusion that he had killed himself. Now that may be but will they release the cause of death if it’s not carbon monoxide poisoning which the article implies?
 
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cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/07/29/mcgrath-dead-729.html#socialcomments

Sad day, whether Fr. McGrath was guilty of abuse or not.
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Innocent until proven guilty does not apply to Catholic Priests. :mad:
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It’s strange that they allowed comments because the last couple of news items about accused priests were closed to comments. I wonder if it has to do with the CBC website being monitored by different people based depending the province. This report was on the NL site, the closed comments were on the NB site.

It’s also the implication of suicide that is problematic. No autopsy result was released by the RCMP so people jumped to the conclusion that he had killed himself. Now that may be but will they release the cause of death if it’s not carbon monoxide poisoning which the article implies?
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Of course they will not release findings if it is other than suicide. It makes a better story if they can say he is guilty because he committed suicide.

Also see–

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=364001
 
The police issued a press release that they would not be revealing the cause of death out of respect for his family. While the article only mentions that he was found in his garage, the radio news did say he had been found in his car.

A suicide is not proof of guilt. I know that a few years two youth detention workers were accused of abusing inmates and committed suicide. Both were exonerated, one hadn’t even been employed there when his only accuser was an inmate. But everyone jumped to the conclusion that their suicides were admissions.
 
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