Waging a Holy War Against Pedophile Priests
By AAN Staff
july 1, 2003 05:41 pm
Seven years ago, conservative
Roman
Catholic activist Steven Brady began
a
crusade to root out priests involved in
sexual scandal. Operating from his
pizza
parlor in rural Petersburg, Ill.,
Brady’s
group, Roman Catholic Faithful,
conducted Internet and direct-mail
campaigns to oust priests in dioceses
from Dallas to South Africa. Critics say
Brady goes on the attack with scant
evidence, but he’s caught some priests
through their own personal ads. "He has
no natural ability to identify or interpret
facts," admits one supporter. "However,
he is such an idiot that I'm sure God is
leading him." In a two-part series, Illinois Times’ Pete
Sherman talks to Brady about RCF’s
self-professed mission to fight
"corruption within the Catholic hierarchy."
Brady is blunt: "We are in the business of
destroying lives, but lives that
need
destroying."