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SAN DIEGO — The Rev. Salvatore Cordileone, the Roman Catholic bishop of Oakland who was named by Pope Benedict XVI last month to become the Archbishop of San Francisco, was arrested in San Diego early Saturday on a charge of driving while under the influence.
Cordileone is one of California’s leading opponents of same-sex marriage, and was the principal architect of Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.
Rev. Salvatore Cordileone
According to a statement issued by his office, Cordileone was driving home from a dinner with friends in San Diego early Saturday when he was pulled over at a DUI checkpoint near San Diego State University.
The statement said a sobriety test showed his blood-alcohol level to be above the legal limit of 0.08 percent, although Cordileone did not reveal by how much.
“I apologize for my error in judgment and feel shame for the disgrace I have brought upon the Church and myself,” he said. “I pray that God, in His inscrutable wisdom, will bring some good out of this.”
According to the HRC, Cordileone played a central role in founding and executing the Protect Marriage campaign, and under his influence, Catholic organizations in California played a leading role in financing the Proposition 8 campaign. His partners included the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) and Focus on the Family. In fact, it was Cordileone who personally phoned NOM co-founder Maggie Gallagher and asked her to get NOM involved in the Prop 8 fight.
“Bishop Cordileone has proven himself to be an anti-gay activist who encourages and promotes discrimination against LGBT people,” said Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin.
Cordileone, 56, is scheduled to be installed as the San Francisco Archbishop on Oct. 4, five days before his first court appearance.
Because Catholic bishops are answerable only to the Pope, any potential discipline outside the justice system, would have to come from the Vatican, said Michael Ritty, a canon lawyer in private practice in upstate New York, in a report by the Associated Press.
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their asshole tendencies come out in the end
I bet he was out cruzin for boys
sinner
hmmm DUI, child molestation, etc, boy those catholic priest are surely upstanding citizens.
Hey, buddy, it happens to the best of us. Unfortunately you’re the least of us.
was he caught in the Castro?
I guess to this hypocrite same sex marriage is more “dangerous” than a drunk driver!!!!
imagine that.
Bwhahahahahaha
Ah, the hypocrisy of the Holier-than-thou
Nasty evil people behind all this hate against the gays and women!
I’ll drink to this!
and.. another one bites the dust!!
Ill sip some wine to this guy
How the mighty have fallen.
Drank too much blood again? This reminds me of True Blood final episode last night. Lucky thing he didn’t blow up.
Geez, what a bigot and hypocrit!
Wait and see the vatican swept the pedophilia under the carpet this will just be a laugh to them. I am actually surprised he was even charged with the vatican’s power.
Holy mi a@@
u got that right fred, just another thing for the vatican to not notice
Too bad he didn’t make friends with a tree in between the party and the DUI checkpoint.
karma baby!:)
Wow, and apparently they’re coming out of the wood works tonight…
Hey, a drunk is a drunk is a drunk!
What does this have to do with LGBTQA? I would hope people wouldn’t speak so negative of this man and become like soo many other negative people out there in the world , let us be a light for the catholic church or let us be a light for the world
EVERYTHING!!!!! “Do as I say and not as I do”.
this has to do with the LGBQRSUVW because he was instrumental in opposing equal rights for LGBTQRSUVWXYZ people.
Show respect and be positive to someone who does the opposite for the LGBTQ? Sorry, but I think celebrating a homophobes short comings on the Internet is perfectly fine. It helps boost my mood after being called a faggot and freak all day.
I highly doubt pointing out a DUI is going to progress gay rights. Hell, I’m a gay rights advocate and I’ve gotten a DUI… Does that make my opnion unfounded. We should attack ideologies… Not dumb mistakes that have absolutely nothing to do with the conversation.
glad his holy-full-of-shitness always tries to keep it classy
uh oh.
SAN DIEGO PARTY = GAY im sure
Shocking? Nope.
DUI shame on you
HAHAHA…and his ‘eternal rewards’ begin…HAHAHA…
Again there are bigger homophones in the world , then just some catholic priest, theyre human no matter how in human they act. A person could send or letter make a phone call asking to change school policies or employment laws that would help the gay community. Attack the issues not the people
Whoopsy
Here it is “I apologize for my error in judgment and feel shame for the disgrace I have brought upon the Church and myself,” he said. “I pray that God, in His inscrutable wisdom, will bring some good out of this.” WOW, and he thinks gay marriage is a problem. But maybe it’s because the bible doesn’t mention drunk driving as a sin?
I live for this shit!
SUX to be you!
The wanker will probably get away with it!But here’s hoping he doesn’t !!
If he were just another human being with a drinking problem, it wouldn’t have made the news. Because he made a public spectical of pointing out what he perceived to be flaws in others, his flaws are now in the spotlight.
Ye getteth what ye deserveth!!!
Religion must get in his way…or he is human like EVERYONE is.
Nothing pleases me more than a god-loving homophobe getting in trouble. First the one guy crashing his boat. Now a priest driving wasted. It must be my birthday.