NBC television personality unloads on Catholic bishop

,In his January 23 night-time monologue, NBC show host Jay Leno commented on a Catholic auxiliary bishop from Los Angeles who recently stepped down after admitting he fathered two children. After explaining what happened, Leno said, “I thought bishops could only move diagonally. I didn’t know they could move up and down.” When making these remarks, Leno gestured with his hands, waving them side to side, and then up and down.
 
 Leno went on to say, “Isn’t it amazing the bishop of L.A. confessed to fathering two children? But, hey, he didn’t use birth control, so at least he followed the church rules. Ya gotta give him credit for that.” 

Bill Donohue, who leads the Catholic League, commented "There are those who will say, sure, Leno was tough on the bishop, but what do you expect from a late-night talk show host? After all, had there been no wrongdoing, there would have been no wise crack. This view is seriously mistaken."
 
 "The most serious cases of the sexual abuse of minors currently taking place are among Orthodox Jewish rabbis in Brooklyn, yet Leno would never tell a joke at their expense." Donohue may have been referring to the recent arrest of members of an Orthodox Jewish community in the New York borough. According to La Stampa,  minors subjected to serial sexual molestation total 117 in the case. Over the last three years, 85 suspects have been jailed. All of them are members of the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, which vainly attempted to resolve the problem internally before reporting it to the police. District Attorney Charles Hynes is continuing investigations and is not ruling out new developments.

The operation focusing on paedophilia was called “Kol Tzedek,” meaning “voice of justice” in Hebrew. Victims included teenagers and younger children, who were reluctant to provide testimony. In the highly isolated and pious community, victims of violence are required to speak with their rabbi before speaking with anyone else, according to the authoritative scholarly group Torah Agudath Israel of America, the religious authority that evaluates reporting the crimes to the police.

According to La Stampa, a third report on paedophilia by John Jay College of New York confirms that Catholic priests are not an “at risk” category of possible perpetrators of paedophilia. The study found that paedophilia is found in all religious communities in the United States, but especially in public schools and sports clubs, as well as scouting organizations. 

Continuing his remarks on Jay Leno, Donohue said "The rate of HIV/AIDS among homosexuals is 50 times higher than in the rest of the population, yet Leno would never tell a joke at their expense. [Note: making such jokes would be equally offensive.] But if there is one wayward Catholic clergyman, it’s not only acceptable to ridicule him, it’s okay to mock the teachings of the Catholic Church.  What makes this so disturbing is Leno’s sordid history: he has a long track record of bashing Catholicism."

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