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    Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst

    A Roman Catholic priest who unleashed a torrent of expletives and racist abuse against skateboarders outside his Australian cathedral, only to have the outburst filmed and placed on YouTube, has been put on leave.

    The Reverend Monsignor Geoff Baron, the dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Australia's second biggest city, Melbourne, was videotaped swearing at and abusing a group of teenagers using the cathedral grounds as a skate park.

    "Move, you f****** fool," Baron tells one skater in the video, slapping one of the group across the head and prompting a torrent of abuse in reply.

    Pointing to a skater lying on the ground, Baron is heard telling the youth "Little foreigner there, look at the sleepy eyes, black hair."

    "At least he's got hair. You f****** bald p****," one youth replies. Others spat on and shoved the furious priest.

    The embarrassed Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, placed Baron on indefinite leave after the outburst appeared on YouTube, while security guards began patrolling the cathedral grounds Wednesday amid threats of reprisal attacks.

    "I want to relieve the dean of the pressures and responsibilities he carries as dean of the cathedral," Hart said, promising further action.

    Baron apologized for the outburst Tuesday, but on radio described the skaters as "jackals and hyenas" who had provoked him with allegations he was a pedophile.

    "It was outrageous behavior. I let myself down terribly badly, quite clearly, and I've also brought scandal and shock to other people," he told local radio.

    The video clip of the outburst, which was filmed a year ago but only recently posted on YouTube, was viewed tens of thousands of times but is now listed as "removed by the user."



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    Baron apologized for the outburst Tuesday, but on radio described the skaters as "jackals and hyenas" who had provoked him with allegations he was a pedophile.

    "It was outrageous behavior. I let myself down terribly badly, quite clearly, and I've also brought scandal and shock to other people," he told local radio.


    He only apologized because he got caught.

    Dumb religious hypocrites. 

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    Re: Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst

    people, religious or not, make mistakes. oh well.

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    [quote author=delta9 link=topic=9077.msg479171#msg479171 date=1185978446]
    Dumb religious hypocrites. 
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    That's redundant.

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    Re: Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst

    God obviously hates skaters.

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    [quote author=deliberate_misuse link=topic=9077.msg479174#msg479174 date=1185978579]
    That's redundant.
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    Never met a smart hypocrite eh?  :lol:

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    [quote author=Jessica link=topic=9077.msg479172#msg479172 date=1185978551]
    people, religious or not, make mistakes. oh well.
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    Yes but if I make a mistake then I'm going to hell.

    When a religious person makes a mistake it's ok because god will for forgive them.


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    [quote author=delta9 link=topic=9077.msg479192#msg479192 date=1185979255]
    Yes but if I make a mistake then I'm going to hell.

    When a religious person makes a mistake it's ok because god will for forgive them.


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    Start repenting, bad boy.

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    Re: Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst

    "Little foreigner there, look at the sleepy eyes, black hair."

    And for the record, the above wasn't a mistake. That's racism.

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    [quote author=delta9 link=topic=9077.msg479196#msg479196 date=1185979463]
    "Little foreigner there, look at the sleepy eyes, black hair."

    And for the record, the above wasn't a mistake. That's racism.
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    i agree.

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    [quote author=delta9 link=topic=9077.msg479192#msg479192 date=1185979255]
    Yes but if I make a mistake then I'm going to hell.

    When a religious person makes a mistake it's ok because god will for forgive them.


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    all you have to do is "find" god RIGHT before you're gonna die and you'll be okay! Didn't you get the handbook???
    [quote author=Olivia link=topic=7606.msg1221694#msg1221694 date=1237710360]<br /> She is in the death queue.<br />[/quote]<br />You got me all wrong.

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    [quote author=vaga link=topic=9077.msg479986#msg479986 date=1186012038]


    all you have to do is &quot;find&quot; god RIGHT before you're gonna die and you'll be okay! Didn't you get the handbook???
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    Did that book come with a compass by any chance, because I've no doubt I'm WAAAYYYYY off course&nbsp; :lol: :lol: :lol:

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    I'm sortof siding with the priest here -- EXCEPT FOR THE RACIST REMARKS --.&nbsp; I mean, a bunch of teenagers skating decide to provoke and provoke when asked to leave.&nbsp; And I don't think that if the priest came out and repeatedly asked in a nice voice:

    &quot;Oh boys, would you please kindly move your skating antics to another more appropriate place, oh pretty pretty please?&quot;

    that these boys would have listened and it probably would have resulted in them heckling him anyway.&nbsp;

    But if I were in the priest's position, I would just walk back inside and pray to God that one of them would fall and break an arm while trying to pull an impressive stunt of which they are not qualified to do.&nbsp; Amen. :angel3:

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    [quote author=LilDevil link=topic=9077.msg480884#msg480884 date=1186079241]
    I'm sortof siding with the priest here -- EXCEPT FOR THE RACIST REMARKS --.&nbsp; I mean, a bunch of teenagers skating decide to provoke and provoke when asked to leave.&nbsp; And I don't think that if the priest came out and repeatedly asked in a nice voice:

    &quot;Oh boys, would you please kindly move your skating antics to another more appropriate place, oh pretty pretty please?&quot;

    that these boys would have listened and it probably would have resulted in them heckling him anyway.&nbsp;

    But if I were in the priest's position, I would just walk back inside and pray to God that one of them would fall and break an arm while trying to pull an impressive stunt of which they are not qualified to do.&nbsp; Amen. :angel3:
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    K well hey may have been provoked and he did say himself that it was a one off and that hes never done anything like that ever. What a liar man check this video out. Same priest. Same temper.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieGs0u4BkZ4

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    Re: Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst

    [quote author=LilDevil link=topic=9077.msg480884#msg480884 date=1186079241]
    I'm sortof siding with the priest here -- EXCEPT FOR THE RACIST REMARKS --.&nbsp; I mean, a bunch of teenagers skating decide to provoke and provoke when asked to leave.&nbsp; And I don't think that if the priest came out and repeatedly asked in a nice voice:

    &quot;Oh boys, would you please kindly move your skating antics to another more appropriate place, oh pretty pretty please?&quot;

    that these boys would have listened and it probably would have resulted in them heckling him anyway.&nbsp;

    But if I were in the priest's position, I would just walk back inside and pray to God that one of them would fall and break an arm while trying to pull an impressive stunt of which they are not qualified to do.&nbsp; Amen. :angel3:
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    If they were provoking him and he wanted them to leave all he had to do was call the cops. Any kid would have split after that so they wouldn't get caught or something.

    Were they bugging him? Yes!

    Does that mean he has the right to be a racist asshole? NO.
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    Re: Catholic dean on leave after YouTube outburst

    Not the type of video I expected to get a Catholic Priest in trouble.&nbsp;

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    [quote author=HyperU2 link=topic=9077.msg485480#msg485480 date=1186380761]
    Not the type of video I expected to get a Catholic Priest in trouble.&nbsp;
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    Well, duh!

    It was on youtube, not pornotube!
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    [quote author=DreamRai link=topic=9077.msg485503#msg485503 date=1186381196]
    Well, duh!

    It was on youtube, bot pornotube!
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    Regardless of where it got posted.

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