Former Rector Of FSSP Seminary Arrested For Child Porn

I seem to recall that, within the past month, in the news was a Democrat Party operative or an official's staffer brought up on charges that sound very similar to what Fr. Jackson is facing. I remember when that story came out, thinking it would be a very effective means to destroy a political enemy or rival within a party or corporation. If this is indeed a frame up I pray those responsible are brought to light and justice be done upon them, ASAP.

@Ave Crux Law-enforcement is well aware of the "it's a setup and somebody else hacked/ used mah computer/ phone" defense. It's an outgrowth of "the cops planted the evidence on me" defense, popular with drug dealers.

You can rest assured, law-enforcement engages the suspect on multiple occasions, establishing a clear pattern of interest, discussion, and ulimately transfer of the contraband. Applied to drugs, they record multiple drug-sales to show a pattern of dealing. Applied to creeps, they make sure there are multiple chat-logs/ IMs/ etc. showing the suspect was interested in, sought out, accepted, traded etc. in this kind of content.

If this priest was up to no good, there's going to be a long, long digital paper-trail showing who said what from where and who sent what from where.

Ultraviolet -- oh really...? Being innocent worked real well with Cardinal Pell and President Trump. General Flynn, and ALL the January 6th "Rioters" still in solitary confinement.

P.S. The ones in solitary confinement for 10 months now still have not been charged with specific crimes anywhere near requiring indefinite solitary confinement with no trial in sight.

I'm concerned about WHO is responsible and why....which I said earlier. That will determine if it's a good faith, comprehensive, in-depth investigation. Obviously the authorities KNOW how to do a proper investigation. The question in my mind is whether it will be done that way.

With Cardinal Pell, the public sentiment drove his incarceration. The process was clearly biased against him. It was felt he should suffer for the sins of wayward immoral priests, even if he were innocent.

The same injustices could happen to anyone right now, given the present leftist climate now rife in the U.S. and the widespread suppression of exculpatory evidence.

"Being innocent worked real well with Cardinal Pell and President Trump."

Sarcasm noted and yeah, it did actually. ;-) President Trump wasn't convicted of anything. Likewise. Cardinal Pell's conviction was overturned. So being innnocent worked real well for them both.

Neither man was charged with possessing or transferring illegal pornography, either.

Trial delays of "rioters" are not convictions, nor are their cases related to possessing or transferring illegal pornography.

"I'm concerned about WHO is responsible and why....which I said earlier. That will determine if it's a good faith, comprehensive, in-depth investigation."

That's a Genetic Fallacy. The comprehensiveness or depth of the investigation is not automatically dependent on who does it. Both sides of a bias have equally valid reasons for doing an extremely in-depth investigation. Those seeking to clear a man will try to find every piece of evidence in his defense. Those seeking to convict will look for anything that will help convict him (even things not directly related to the charges).

"Obviously the authorities KNOW how to do a proper investigation. The question in my mind is whether it will be done that way."

If they don't then they will look exceedingly stupid when defense counsel points out all their procedural errors to the jury.

Let's remember, since you keep raising Cardinal Pell. This is Murrica, not Aussie-Land. Our court system works a bit differently and Cardinal Pell wasn't charged with possessing or transferring illegal pornography..

"The process was clearly biased against him. It was felt he should suffer for the sins of wayward immoral priests, even if he were innocent."

Yes, it was. However, Cardinal Pell's case ultimately came down to the credibility of the witnesses and the plausibility of what they claimed happened in an very unlikely amount of time.

As you correctly noted, the court was punishing Pell for the behavior of immoral priests, all on the basis of a similar, if unproven (and ultimately unprovable) case.

None of that applies here. This will be a technically-focused case. Evidence will be based on fact, not memories. Contrary to the wishful thinking of either side, it's near-impossible to "set up" or frame an innocent person in a case like this.

It's entirely possible to lure and entrap someone online who predisposed to such vices, but innocent people do not venture into the parts of the internet where such material exists. They do not seek out the online venues where it is traded, meaning they don't interract with the vermin who offer it (many of which are law-enforcement).

"The same injustices could happen to anyone right now, given the present leftist climate now rife in the U.S. and the widespread suppression of exculpatory evidence."

You seem to keep forgetting Cardinal Pell wasn't convicted by a US court. ;-)

So, no, the same injustices that happened within the Australian legal system couldn't "happen to anyone right now" if they aren't subject to the Australian legal system.

Ultraviolet, so, um....you again the miss the obvious...

The Leftist idealogues completely obstructed and hobbled the entire presidency of Trump for 4 years, squandering untold millions in taxpayer money, while hamstringing the Administration with falacious investigations, ending by unjustly impeaching a sitting President twice on false charges -- a record that will stand for the rest of U.S. history -- disgracing this country before the entire world with that circus.....and yet.....Trump was innocent. Worked out great for the 4 years while he was President, didn't it?

So there is only damage if someone ends up in prison....like Cardinal Pell? And for how long does it have to be before it's not okay?

Cardinal Pell was falsely convicted of sexual molestation and spent nearly 4 years in prison -- no damage...? Oh! that worked out just dandy, didn't it?

Meanwhile, if Father Jackson is innocent -- and I pray he is -- he is now in prison for a crime he did not commit, the FSSP's reputation has been dreadfully besmirched and impugned, and Father Jackson is disgraced by the mere possibility that he committed such a crime.

No damages....? Yeah, it looks great from here.

God bless!

Were one to believe Ultraviolet's laughable theory, Father Jackson would have left a "long digital paper-trail" during the decade he spent in Littleton, Colorado at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which he didn't. No, it wasn't until he moved across the country to Providence, Rhode Island that he then felt safe and decided to engage in this intrinsically disordered, deviant, criminal behavior utilizing a computer connected to the Parish's internet.

What's obvious is you don't know what you're talking about @Ave Crux. Your position is one big mix and match mistake.:P Donald Trump wasn't impeached. Politics is politics. Criminal charges are not. Don't muddle the two. So yes, being innocent worked well for him.

"So there is only damage if someone ends up in prison....like Cardinal Pell?"

...because all convictions result in jail time? :P Cardinal Pell's conviction was overturned. So he remains, to this day, innocent. Also, again, Murrica is not Aussie-Land. Their legal system isn't ours. When you figure that out, get back to me, 'kay?

"he is now in prison for a crime he did not commit..."

By his own choice. He "was offered a $5,000 bail but preferred to remain in custody."

"No damages....? Yeah, it looks great from here. ??"

Strawman rhetorical question, sweetie. ;-)

But at least you entertained GTV's bottom-feeder bigots. They had a chance to ride your fail-boat for a few laughs even emptier than their heads.

So even if you didn't make any valid points, your comment wasn't entirely wasted. ;-)

Um, Ultraviolet -- no, you're terming it one big mix and match.... I simply observed -- with ample illustrations -- that being innocent does not spare one a living hell before, during or after false accusations --accusations that STICK and cause monumental destruction in their wake even if a person is innocent.

YOU tried to patronize me with a pat on my little head, telling me it's nothing to worry about..."the authorities have got this...!" -- in so many words ("You can rest assured, law-enforcement...." oh really....? I'm not resting assured about anything these days.)

HA HA HA HA HA !...... The authorities are scoring zero on integrity and accuracy in recent years....for both the guilty and innocent alike. The outcome all depends on who your friends and enemies are.

God bless!

@Gary Lockhart doesn't know how to read or how the internet works. The "long digital paper-trail" refers to the activities for which he was arrested. As for Colorado? Who can say? There's a first time for everything, including getting caught. For example, he could have been pursuing entirely legal forms of pornography in Colorado. Or, he hadn't attracted the attention of law-enforcement yet. You don't know what he did or didn't do in Colorado. Neither do I. The only thing laughable here is you assuming paedophilia is a one-time event.

"no, you made it one big mix and match..." @Ave Crux

Last time I checked, you're the one trying to draw a failed comparison between an FSSP priest in Rhode Island, The former President Of The United States, and a Catholic Cardinal from Australia. Yeah, no. :P

"I simply observed -- with ample illustrations -- that..."

Aww... you did more than that, buttercup. You also claimed... "The same injustices could happen to anyone right now, given the present leftist climate now rife in the U.S...

...because "anyone right now" all over the world, is directly subject to "the present leftist climate now rife in the U.S." :P That's how fail your claim actually is.

"YOU tried to patronize me with a pat on my little head, telling me it's nothing to worry about..."

Not so. I didn't try to patronize you. I AM patronizing you because your argument is almost as ridiculous as the examples you're using to support it.

"the authorities have got this...!" -- in so many words

Halloween is over, Ave Crux. You don't have to prop up another Strawman Argument. I'm not arguing "in so many words" that "the authorities have got this".

I'm stating your hysterical claims are largely baseless and don't apply here. This priest isn't a lawyer or a politician or a Cardinal and, most importantly, this isn't a William Gibson novel.

Even if it were, you didn't read the article closely. The authorities traced "a consumer internet connection used for the transfer of child pornography to Jackson's ip address". That isn't anything close towhat you wrote: "Compromising material is downloaded to their computers remotely".

Fr. Jackson's IP address was transferring the content, not downloading it. Either he was uploading it or acting as a server between two other parties, which is common among P2P file sharing groups.

That has nothing to do with your "setup" theory or the examples you're using to support it. If it were as easy as you claim, and it isn't, Cardinal Pell and Donald Trump would have been "set up" the same way.

"The authorities are scoring zero on integrity and accuracy in recent years....for both the guilty and innocent alike."

That's an insult to every honest member of law-enforcement working today. Church authorities aren't scoring too highly today, either. A few incompetent or biased authorities don't means they all are. Pic related.