If there’s any organization in the world who should never be allowed to comment on a crime bill, or anything really, it’s the Catholic Church. Particularly the Boston Archdiocese. And I say this as a catholic. Yet that’s exactly what they did yesterday with a press release in favor of the “police reform” bill that will strip cops of qualified immunity, make it almost impossible for them to do their jobs, and in turns make out communities less safe. Here’s the press release.

The sin of racism and struggle for racial justice has been part of our nation’s history for centuries. Awareness of both has never been absent, but too often both themes have been marginalized. Periodically, they are brought to the forefront of common discourse, most often triggered by aggressive, violent, or horrific acts perpetrated on members of our African American, Latino, and other minority communities. As a result, serious discussions regarding how society acts and reacts to alter the culture of discrimination, violence, ignorance and indifference often occur and appear to gain momentum. Meaningful debate raises expectations that society will finally emerge from the culture of racism. However, as history has shown, those discussions ultimately fade into the background as time elapses and other seemingly pressing issues make any change less urgent and somehow less important.

That collective mindset and cycle of inaction must end now. The time is upon us as a society to take responsibility for our actions. Racial injustice, bigotry, scorn and intolerance against individuals based upon their religion, ancestry, ethnicity or skin color must end now. Excuses for hate-filled behavior can no longer be tolerated. We are all created equal in the eyes of God and all human lives are to be valued and protected. It is upon us to make that human equality the norm – not the exception.

As the four Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts, we pledge our full support to the cultural shift towards meaningful reforms in the area of racial injustice. As a country and a commonwealth of immigrants from all regions of the world, we must join together as one race – the human race. We must learn from our mistakes. We must learn from our passive acceptance of inaction and not let this opportunity fade into the background. Today and every day until reforms are implemented, this must be the pressing issue of the day. We must seize this opportunity with energy, determination and vigor. We must act now – it is our collective responsibility.

The underlying racial injustice and inequality issues we face are countless. They include, but are not limited to, education, housing, employment, law enforcement, the judiciary and many more. As Bishops, we take this opportunity to specifically voice our support of the efforts of Governor Baker and the legislature as they craft a bill to enact meaningful police reform.

It goes on and on and on. I can’t even tell you the amount of anger seeping through my pores as I read this. These monsters moved around kiddie rapist priests from church to church for decades, destroyed the lives of kids who were specifically targeted from singe parent homes, and only got caught because the Boston Globe used to be a real newspaper at the time they were doing this. They’d probably be able to get away with it today because the Spotlight team would focusing on some rando using the n word in Lynnfield.

This part made my head wanna explode.

We acknowledge the vast majority of the police officers in the state of Massachusetts are capable and honorable public servants who serve and protect all residents with distinction. We also acknowledge that racial biases have infiltrated the mindsets and actions of some police officers. Those are the individuals targeted by the legislation currently being debated by our lawmakers. That legislation is a step in the direction of meaningful change and is the reason we support our elected officials in their efforts to address these systematic problems.

Fuck. Off. You’re the catholic church. You invented systemic problems. By not allowing priests to get married you’re basically ringing the cowbell for weirdos and perverts to apply for a job.

This legislation won’t do anything to deter bad cops with “biases” either. All it will do is make the vast majority of cops unable to perform their duties because they can no longer shoot at fleeing vehicles or take proper action to restrain violent criminals.

As Catholic Bishops we do not pretend to know the business of policing. However, recent violent police actions from across the country inform us that methods, tactics, training, attitudes and biases must be addressed to bring about better policing. These fundamental changes must be done with the expertise, input, and cooperation from as many resources as possible – especially those who have experienced racial injustice firsthand.

Here’s an idea – shut the fuck up about things you know nothing about. You have zero background in police training and tactics. You’re knowledge of police violence comes from clips you saw on CNN of cops dispersing looters and rioters. You want input from people with expertise? Cool. Try talking to a cop. Oh wait, the state legislature cancelled the public hearing on this so we’ll be ignoring the people who probably should be heard from more than anyone. Meanwhile, your job is to shut your mouth, deliver a homily once a week, give me communion, and magically wipe my sins clean once every few years when I’m feeling guilty.

The Catholic Church also pays a grand total of $0 in taxes. I don’t wanna hear another word from them on public policy until they do.

One of the 4 cosigners was the “Most Reverend Robert J. McManus, Bishop of Worcester.” The same Bishop who in 2013 was arrested for drinking and driving after smashing into another car, fleeing the scene, and getting caught after the other driver tracked him down. 

Under his command the church refused to sell a property they owned to a gay couple because the catholic church actively discriminates against homosexuals, despite harboring thousands of closeted gay men as priests. But yea, they’re in a fine position to lecture everyone else about tolerance.

I’ll always be a catholic because its my faith. But this is exactly why I never put money in the basket. This is a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise that just added shitting on police to their stellar resume of shitty behavior.

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