CENTRAL NEW YORK: Bishop Should Be Investigated Following Arrest of Priest

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CENTRAL NEW YORK: Bishop Should Be Investigated Following Arrest of Pedophile Priest
Young man steps forward with story of being molested by Episcopal Priest Ralph Johnson

NEWS/COMMENTARY

By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
February 18, 2010

Arrest came swiftly this week for former Episcopal priest Fr. Ralph Elwood Johnson. Johnson was charged with multiple counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, and corruption of a minor.

The arrest of this former 82-year old Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Central New York and the possible cover-up of the priest's sexual activities by Episcopal Bishop Gladstone (Skip) Adams years earlier beg for double justice.

The first justice should be whatever the courts determine Johnson should receive for his vile conduct. The second is what should happen to Bishop Adams who tried to conceal the priest's behavior and, in the process, attempted to depose a godly priest for being a whistleblower.

The truth is the bishop should be investigated by the national church. He should face the same charges brought against the now inhibited and deposed former Bishop of Pennsylvania, Charles E. Bennison who was forced to step down following a trial and conviction on charges that he covered up his brother's sexual abuse of a female minor.