A TSW Eye-Opener: Roman Polanski, Father Marcial Maciel, and the Eye of the Beholder

The Swiss government refused to extradite Roman Polanski to face American justice while the Father Marcial Maciel affair has evoked a “McCarthy Era” form of “justice” in the Catholic Church.

Last October, in “The Whoopi Cushion,” I wrote of the case against film director Roman Polanski. It was a controversial look at the vast difference in media treatment of Roman Polanski and claims against Catholic priests. I titled the post for actress and comedienne Whoopi Goldberg who issued the most dubious media sound bite in the entire Polanski affair: “It wasn’t really rape rape.”

Ms. Goldberg, like many in the entertainment industry who were horrified by the arrest of Roman Polanski, argued that the case against him was from too long ago to be adjudicated fairly in the American justice system, and Polanski should be set free. Many of the same commentators – Whoopi Goldberg among them – have applied a polar opposite argument to claims against Catholic priests, many of which are from the same time period as the case against Mr. Polanski.

This week's post on These Stone Walls is an eye-opener. It can be found at www.TheseStoneWalls.com.  As always you would do us a great service by passing the link along to your interested friends and contacts.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

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Sent on behalf of Fr. Gordon J. MacRae

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