Santorum caught with pants down

Evan Derkacz
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 AlterNet
and
 Evan Derkacz
August 02, 2005

You'll have to forgive me but I'm stealing this quote as I can't remember for the life of me where it's from (the copyrightly good news is that I'm likely to mangle it so badly, it's liable to be a whole new composition...): Rick Santorum has been called one of the greatest minds of the 13th century.

"Rick Santorum claimed yesterday on ABC’s 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' that in July 2002, when he wrote the article that has recently resurfaced, calling Boston the 'liberal' seat of church abuse, he did not know that there were similar cases in PA," writes Pamela Leavey.

However, as Ms. Leavey found out via, you guessed it, anonymous source: "[In an article] from July 12, 2002 - Capitol Hill Pastor Faces Child Sex Case.

The pastor of a historic Capitol Hill parish that serves many Roman Catholic members of Congress was placed on leave yesterday after a Washington area man accused him of sexual abuse in the early 1970s, the second such allegation against the priest.
The last paragraph of the article notes that among the church’s parishioners included "Sens. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Rick Santorum (R-Pa.)." So either Ricky's lying or maybe he just doesn't attend church anymore. (Democratic Daily)
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