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Clark: A Slithering Orchestrated Scheme

And the Lord spake unto Moses. And the Lord saith: "Yo, Moses. Tell thy people thou SHALT NOT commit an artificial scenario." I'm no theologian. I lack the follicles to qualify as a televangelist. But, by golly, I seem to remember the Good Book being more plain-spoken when it comes to the subject of lying. But thanks to the modern miracle of doubletalk, Jesuit leaders have spun that ugly L word regarding the shameful 1969 cover-up of sexual abuse charges involving a former president of Gonzaga University, John P. Leary. Good news, prevaricators. Lying through your teeth is now called creating an "artificial scenario." Would that be a venial or a mortal sin? For the rest of Doug Clark's Sunday column, click here.

Question: Do you think the Jesuits and the Roman Catholic Church is finally getting its house in order re: predatory priests?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.