Monday, June 15, 2009

Priest arrested for hiding another priest's child porn

What would you do if you friend were being investigated for sexual crimes against a child? Would you go to his house and erase the images in an attempt to destroy the evidence? No? Well that's what Rev. John Schneider did.

A warrant accuses Schneider of going to former music minister Paul Berrell's apartment on May 18 and deleting hundreds of photos from Berrell's computer while he was being investigated. A grand jury indicted Berrell on two counts of indecent liberties with a minor and a count of statutory sex offense.

Diocese of Charlotte Bishop Peter Jugis accepted Schneider's resignation last week, Hains said. The bishop and Schneider have known each other since 1983, when they were ordained together in the Charlotte diocese. The diocese covers churches in western North Carolina.

Well… at least he has his relationship with the accused. Perhaps they can share a jail cell together.

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David Knoble · 825 weeks ago

Fr.John Schneider has been a close friend for over 26 years. Anyone who knows him realizes that this gossip about him is ludicrous. His inate personality is incapable of the accussations afforded him by the media (who tend to hat Catholics in Western Carolina), and who don't realize that his nature prevents his actions in these accusations. Did he delete files? I don't know. I do know that, if he did, he didn't do it maliciously, as accused. Fr, John frequently thinks with his heart, and would do anything a friend (or supposed friend) requests of him. He is a good man, and is an example to our culture. The media crucificxion of him is sinful, and damaging to his proper exoneration. If you believe the media and blogs, then you deserve what you get!
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Paul · 805 weeks ago

You're an asshole David Knoble. Schneider is a scumbag of all scumbags. He'd rather hide his pervert buddies porn than to protect his parishioners, ie the kids Berrell raped.

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