Seems to be that Lutherans have all the sins of Catlicks too:
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dallas Morning News [Texas
April 26, 2004]
On Thursday, a jury awarded nine plaintiffs a whopping $37 million in a civil suit against the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America over sexual abuse committed by the now-imprisoned Gerald Patrick Thomas Jr., the former pastor of Marshall's Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. The total church payout in settlements to Mr. Thomas' victims is about $69 million.
This case has a depressingly familiar ring to it: Plaintiffs demonstrated that church officials knew that Mr. Thomas had a record of inappropriate behavior with boys and an interest in pornography, yet ordained him anyway.
Moreover, former Lutheran Bishop Mark Herbener of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod and top assistant Earl Eliason – who testified that he has a chronic problem with exposing himself in public restrooms, for which he pleaded "no contest" three times – did not tell the Marshall congregation of Mr. Thomas' past when they sent him to the church.
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Looks like the inappropriate behavior with boys and exposing oneself in public restrooms is mandatory to be Lutheran priest
YiC, M