Phoenix bishop arrested

[Logan]

PHOENIX, June 16 — The Roman Catholic bishop charged with striking a jaywalking pedestrian with his car and then driving away told police he thought he had hit a dog or a cat or that someone had thrown a rock at his vehicle.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/927435.asp?0cv=CB10

The part that made me the most angry (aside from the fact that someone lost their life and the driver didn't even bother to stop) is that he "thought" he had hit a dog or a cat......so it wasn't worth stopping if he had?? This was a bishop for heaven sake!! How heartless could he be? Even if it had been a dog or a cat, and not a human being, you would hope that anyone, especially, an ordained minister, would have the heart to find out what they had hit, and make efforts to either get the animal help, or at least let the owner know. This whole situation angered me beyond belief!

[RICHARD]

just a few weeks ago he paid 700,000 dollars of the church's money to settle a molestation case..



who says god doesn't have a sense of humor???

[PayItForward]

From Article
Sgt. Randy Force, a police spokesman, said O’Brien wasn’t being charged with causing the crash because Reed was jaywalking

What is Jay walking ?

Why wouldn't the drivers who hit him be charged ?

[Logan]

I think "jay walking" is crossing the road at an inappropriate place. But the bishop was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, and has been arraigned this morning. He is out on $45,000 bond.

Richard, you're right..........just one more thing to make me mad about this whole situation!

[LoudLou]

Jaywalking: To cross a street illegally or in a reckless manner.

What angered me also was looking at the Bishop's windsheild when they found his car... THAT MUCH damage could not have come from a Dog or Cat!!!!.....

May God strike him with Lighting for being a LIAR!

[CattleDogMom]

I am speechless......

There are so many things about this story that scar me.

Whatever happened to setting an example for people?

Crystal

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by LoudLou


May God strike him with Lighting for being a LIAR!

why waste a good lightning bolt??

run his ass over............

[LoudLou]

RICHARD it scares me... But I LIKE THE WAY YOUR MIND WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by LoudLou
RICHARD it scares me... But I LIKE THE WAY YOUR MIND WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

don't be afraid!!!

catholic school for 8 years and
everyone likes my mind....it's what comes out of
it that scares people....

[Barbara]

I was in catholic school for 13 years -but now I spell the word
Cat-a-holic and completely agree with it

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by Logan
The part that made me the most angry (aside from the fact that someone lost their life and the driver didn't even bother to stop) is that he "thought" he had hit a dog or a cat......so it wasn't worth stopping if he had?? This was a bishop for heaven sake!! How heartless could he be? Even if it had been a dog or a cat, and not a human being, you would hope that anyone, especially, an ordained minister, would have the heart to find out what they had hit, and make efforts to either get the animal help, or at least let the owner know. This whole situation angered me beyond belief!

You said EVERYTHING i was going to say when reading that he thought it was a dog or cat.

[Kfamr]

And, Like Richard said... RUN HIS ASS OVER!! I think anyone who does something, to whomever it may be-- animal or human, should get the same punishment back. From the person they did it to -- or they could personally hire me and i'll do it for them!!

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Barbara
I was in catholic school for 13 years -but now I spell the word
Cat-a-holic and completely agree with it

13 years?????
you poor thing!!

[Uabassoon]

I was only in Catholic school for 5 years.. and look at what those pleaded jumpers and knee high socks did to me.
My current landlord ran over a guy once. He was drunk and he fell into the middle of the road, it turned out that he was a bum. She didn't get arrested because it was obvious that it wasn't anything done on purpose and as soon as she hit him she pulled over and tried to help him (she's a nurse). But she did have to go to court.

[lovemyshiba]

What an idiot.
I thought I hit a chipmunk yesterday running late for work and I put the car in reverse to go back and check--he was fine, still in the middle of the road, crunching on something.
I hit a possum once a few years ago, and cried the whole way home.
I went to catholic school too for 9 years--damn those plaid jumpers!!!