after serving in the same parish for 30 years father potts of Boston decided to start molesting boys in order to get transferred to another more dynamic parish in Los Angelo's. "I was tired of this congregation," said father potts. "every Sunday the same old lame people stuck in the 40's would show up. i mean come on, its a post Vatican 2 world. we need rock music not a return to the latin mass"
according to diocese records father potts applied for a transfer 8 times over a 15 year period and was turned down each time. cardinal walter who oversees all parish assignments said, "father potts needs to be content where he is at and stop romanticizing about other congregations. if the grass looks greener on the other side its because your not taking care of your own flock." in an exclusive interview with local a news station father potts was quoted as saying, "after molesting over 30 boys they finally approved my transfer. i now can go to California or Chicago. what a blessing"
ironically the catholic church has paid out an estimated 1 billion dollars over the past ten years in priest sex abuse cases including 35 million to clean up after father potts yet little has been done to rectify the transfer angst that exists with so many priests. "we are considering the matter very seriously," said cardinal walter. "we simply have to find a better way to transfer priests without it costing us so much money. father potts should have stated in his first letter that he was going to molest boys, then we could have transferred him right away."
irregardless with recent pronouncements by the Vatican that a 1 boy 1 transfer policy will be instituted by next year the problem of disgruntled priests feeling trapped in dying congregations in a dying faith may be solved.
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