Holy Crimes

From JoeMyGod.com:

Over the last seven days...

New York: Monsignor Charles Kavanagh has been defrocked after being found guilty of child molestation by a three-priest Catholic tribunal. He is the highest-ranked New York priest so judged and has not faced criminal charges.

Oklahoma: Pastor Baron Hopgood arrested for embezzlement.

Ireland: Father Oliver O'Grady charged with possessing thousands of child porn images.

Ohio: Pastor Mark Griggs charged with more than 100 felony counts of possessing and distributing child porn.

Britain: Monsignor Michael Smith arrested for child molestation.

Colorado: Pastor Loren Ankarlo pleads guilty to multi-million dollar securities fraud.

Ontario: Father Donald Grecco found guilty on 24 counts of molesting altar boys.

Missouri: Father Gerald Howard indicted on three counts of forcible sodomy of a child. Howard was previously convicted of similar crimes in New Jersey under a different name.

Ohio: Pastor Robert Jones fails to appear at his trial for brandishing a gun at a drive-thru bank teller.

Ireland: Father Tony Walsh likely to have molested hundreds, according to a new report.

Britain: Vicar Dominic Stone convicted of possessing child porn.

Nevada: Pastor Joshua De Los Santos arrested for assaulting a member of a "competing" church for not being holy enough   (See video below).

Tennessee: Pastor David Hoschar indicted for possessing child porn.

This Week's Winner

Georgia: Bishop Eddie Long, who is already facing lawsuits from four young men who accuse him of sexual coercion, has been linked to a massive mortgage fraud operation being run from his church. According to CBS Atlanta, thousands may have lost their homes after paying $1500 during church seminars held by a company that promised to lower their house payments. CBS reports that the seminars are still being held.

Bonus: Two churches getting into a brawl over preaching. Absolutely moronic.