http://www.clevescene.com/Issues/2005-06-22/news/firstpunch.html

Family Values . . .
Means pedophile priests never have to say they're sorry.

June 22, 2005

Back in March, after a wrenching day of testimony by victims of priest
sex abuse, the Ohio Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow
anyone who was victimized after 1970 the right to sue ("The Sin That
Keeps on Giving," April 27).

Current law bars people over age 20 from suing.

But apparently Mr. Family Values, House Speaker Jim Husted, thinks
it's okay to abuse kids -- as long as it's committed by God-fearing
pedophiles.

He's doing his best to give pervert priests a Get Out of Jail Free
card.

Husted waited months to assign the bill to a committee.

Now, after intense lobbying from the Catholic Church, he's promising
legislators that he'll keep it bottled up in the House to kill it
through neglect.

"I don't know that 'bottling up' is a fair assessment," says Karen
Tabor, spokesman for the Ashland-area Republican.

"It's a serious issue, and it deserves serious consideration."

But that's not what Husted says when he's on the horn to colleagues.

"He called me up and said he has no intention of voting the bill out
of the House anytime soon," says Chris Redfern, the House Democratic
leader.

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Whoops!

Harry