This Week In Holy Crimes

Over the last seven days...

North Carolina: Pastor Robert Adams arrested in camouflage gear after weeks on the lam from authorities after sexually assaulting a five year old child. Adams' wife has also been arrested for convincing the child to have sex with her husband.
England: Rabbi Baruch Chalomish convicted of cocaine possession. Chalmoish, a multimillionaire, was acquitted on other charges including cocaine distribution for offering the drug to prostitutes in return for sex.
New York: Rev. Dr. Phillip Charles Joubert arrested for rape of underage relative.
Florida: Prominent Southern Baptist Pastor Russell Lewis arrested on ten counts of lewd and lascivious child molestation.
New Jersey: Pastor Curtis Franklin arrested for rape of female minor.
Virginia: Father Charles Smith arrested for assaulting fellow priest Father Paul Eversole. "Eversole and Smith, both 45, had lived together in the rectory for three years." Hmm.
South Africa: Unnamed priest arrested for rape of male congregant.
Texas: Father Matthew Bagert sentenced to four years in prison for possession of child pornography.
South Dakota: Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin found guilty of 91 felony counts of fraud for a multi-million dollar scam involving the sale of livestock from a kosher slaughterhouse. He faces 91 addition felony charges involving immigration fraud and underage employees.
Florida: Pastor Gary Souffrant convicted of $7M mortgage fraud and drug money laundering scheme. Souffrant and wife used the money to buy multiple luxury vehicles and mansions.

This Week's Winner-
Wisconsin: The Catholic cover-up scandal spreads. Former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland shredded reports of sexual abuse by priests every week during his tenure. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) has turned over a 1993 deposition detailing the shredding admission as part of the discovery portion of more than a dozen civil lawsuits against the Archdiocese.