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The deference shown to the Catholic Church in this series is disturbing

posted 9 years ago by etiennestories
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I find it shameful and disgusting that time after time in this series, the police had to kowtow to the Roman Catholic Church.

The church is not now, and never should be, above the law. Particularly in a country in which the separation of church and state is paramount. And especially in light of the scandals they've tried to cover up over the years.

Brenda's confrontations with Father Jack in earlier seasons, and with the Jesuits in the final season make for good drama, but they are deeply disturbing.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (18458242) 9 years ago

it pretty much reflects reality. if anything they're soft pedaling it

[–] Costumer (1789) 5 years ago

The situation was the Jesuits was specific. She certainly was not showing any deference.

The priest who was killed was not found in his rooms in the rectory. It was not a crime scene. She had no right to insist on going into his room or preventing anyone from taking anything from it. She had no right to threaten the priest who was collecting his papers or the woman who managed the rectory.

She certainly had a right to attempt to get a warrant on those papers as part of her investigation. Whether she could convince a judge to issue a warrant could go either way.

The compromise she worked out helped her find the clue she needed. And it had nothing to do with priestly misconduct, did it?