It’s being reported by a newsradio station in Texas that a CEO of a Planned Parenthood has been arrested for indecent exposure at a local baseball field where children play. If only they let Planned Parenthood CEO’s marry, this never would’ve happened.
As KCBD reports, “According to Lubbock Police, Tony Ray Thornton, 56, was arrested at the baseball fields inside of Mackenzie Park. According to the incident report, Thornton was taken into custody at 3:25 Monday afternoon. He was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center and released from jail Tuesday morning around 11 a.m.”
No word on whether kids were actually present on the field but it was 3:25 so school’s are probably let out by then so it’s certainly a possibility.
And now even worse news for Mr. Thornton, Planned Parenthood has reportedly placed him on leave and he will no longer serve as the affiliate’s chief officer, according to a statement Wednesday from Mariah Sharpe, board chair of the association.
Wow. They won’t even let him play his part in killing children anymore. Do you know how bad you actually have to be to make an organization that kills children turn its back on you? That’s an amazing feat by Mr. Thornton. That’s like getting kicked out of Motley Crue for reckless behavior. It just doesn’t happen. Hats off to Mr. Thornton for this amazing feat. Don’t take anything else off Mr. Thornton. Just your hat.
March 14, 2012 at 5:28 pm
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March 14, 2012 at 5:31 pm
(I phrase the stat wrong before. Trying again…)
Actually, RE: the "if only they let them marry" crack (ooh, burn!), priests have roughly 60% the rate of abuse that rabbis or Protestant clergy do. Which is interesting, because roughly 40% of all abuse is by fathers, stepfathers, or mothers' boyfriends—or exactly the people a celibate, by definition, can't be.
March 14, 2012 at 6:27 pm
He was obviously harmed by a lack of readily available contraceptives…
March 14, 2012 at 6:46 pm
When I read the headline I was hoping it was Cecile Richards.
March 14, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Mary De Voe, you are the best. Okay, not on par with the Mother of God, but in terms of Catholic blogoshpere commentary you make me weak in the knees.
March 14, 2012 at 7:56 pm
I will smile the rest of the week thinking about this. I wonder what else might be found if an investigation could peel the lid off that filthy rat's nest of an "organization".
March 14, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Mary De Voe, that was my thought as well. 🙂
As for whether there were children, it's a good bet there were because most of the Texas schools are on spring break.
March 15, 2012 at 1:24 am
Tragically hilarious…or is it hilariously tragic?
March 15, 2012 at 1:35 am
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, by this lapse of morality in a family planning organization! If there's anything else going on, it needs to be exposed! Whoops, that already happened! My bad!
March 15, 2012 at 12:57 pm
@Anonymous 3:50 PM. Our Lady moves my hand writing. One Hail Mary whenever you think of her. And you are pretty wonderful yourself. God bless.
March 15, 2012 at 1:13 pm
@KC: Only TRUTH has Freedom of Speech and peaceable assembly in the public square. Jesus Christ, the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH has been banned and all Americans are the poorer, but let us not become enslaved by the half-truths of this Obama administration. God created man in freedom and Divine Providence besought in our Declaration of Independence will see us through. Again, let us pray that Obama is brought to heaven immediately if not sooner.
March 15, 2012 at 9:49 pm
Mary De Voe beat me to it…hoping it was Richards.
March 16, 2012 at 2:50 am
Sophia wrote, "Actually, RE: the "if only they let them marry" crack (ooh, burn!), priests have roughly 60% the rate of abuse that rabbis or Protestant clergy do."
Sophia, could you please provide a weblink for this source.
Thanks,
Joe K
March 16, 2012 at 4:28 am
There are several reports about the relevant stats on the Catholic League's website, for instance this one (significantly, "the available information on clergy sexual misconduct shows that the problem is bigger among Protestant clergy. For example, the most cited survey of sexual problems among the Protestant clergy shows that 10 percent have been involved in sexual misconduct and “about two or three percent” are “pedophiles.” With regard to the “pedophile” problem, the figure for the Catholic clergy, drawn from the most authoritative studies, ranges between .2 percent to 1.7 percent".) There's also "Sexual Abuse in Social Context: Clergy and Other Professionals"
I don't recall which of the specific reports I get that 60% statistic from.
The statistics themselves are compiled by independent researchers, not the League itself, and are generally peer-reviewed.