Outchurched

From SF Gate:

Bernie Ward, a popular liberal San Francisco radio talk show host and former Catholic priest, has been indicted on federal child pornography charges, authorities said today.

Ward, 56, surrendered to federal authorities earlier today but the specifics of the allegations against him are under seal, officials said.

Ward hosts a nightly news talk program on KGO 810 AM as well as GodTalk on Sundays. He had been a priest with the Society of the Precious Blood order.

The radio station’s Web site said that he was indicted on two counts of child pornography using the Internet.

Ward’s attorney said today that the charges are based on incidents that occurred more than four years ago and were part of research for a book.

“As everybody knows, Bernie, for over 20 years, has been a progressive, opposed to insensitive authority - he has been a champion of charities, nonprofits for the homeless,” said Doron Weinberg, who appeared in federal court today as Ward’s lawyer.

It seems like the default answer for people having kiddie porn is “I was doing research for a book” and that answer is never met with anything other than ridicule/scorn. Note to the wise: leave the kiddie porn out of your book and stay out of jail… and off of Dateline, which entraps scumbags for TV ratings. Nobody has any business doing anything with kiddie porn… leave the collection of evidence/research to the police ’cause it’s their job to deal with it, not yours.

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