Santorum blames priest pedophila on liberalism

Rick Santorum has an article coming out in Catholic Online in which he bemoans the recent clergy scandals and hopes that they will lead to a re-examination and revitalization of the faith. In it he seems rather comfortable placing the blame for this and other problems outside the church:

It is startling that those in the media and academia appear most disturbed by this aberrant behavior, since they have zealously promoted moral relativism by sanctioning "private" moral matters such as alternative lifestyles. Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.

In fact, he calls on Catholic seminaries to cleanse themselves of liberalism, as well as on the Catholic church as a whole to turn away from its evil influences (including Vatican II-uinfluenced Cardinals).

A new hierarchy must similarly fight against an array of "isms"-moral relativism, cultural liberalism-inside and outside of the Church.

Amazing how even the failings of the conservative mainstream and its leaders can somehow all be laid at the feet of the liberal elite and turned into new weapons for nationwide eliminationist crusades!

(via pal Bill H.)

Update: this article is actually from 2002 -- my bad for not catching that. Still, I doubt his feelings have changed in this matter; it's just been bumped from the news by other issues.