Catholic priest from Kalispell parish accused of possessing child porn
Source: Missoulian
A Catholic priest at a Kalispell parish has been charged with felony sexual abuse of children for allegedly possessing digital images of nude boys on his computer.
Rudolph “Rudy” Carl Bullman, 67, a priest at Risen Christ Parish in Kalispell, is scheduled to enter a plea on the charge at a March 29 arraignment hearing in Flathead County District Court. He remains released on his own recognizance and has been on administrative leave from the church since Dec. 16, when officials with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena first learned of the investigation.
... According to charging documents filed Feb. 29 by Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan, the investigation into Bullman began last October when a woman called authorities to report that a Nintendo DS game console she’d purchased from Bullman contained photos of nude and underage boys.
On Dec. 16, a detective with the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office interviewed Bullman, who admitted using the Nintendo to view gay pornography but said he only accessed websites that clearly stated the subjects of the photos were over the age of 18. Bullman said he also viewed pornography on his computer, and agreed to let the detective search the machine.
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Priests are men.
The "job" of Catholic priest (especially in "modern times"
is a very odd choice for a man to make.
They must "promise" to NOT have a "normal life" like most men choose...dating..marriage..family
They take a vow of chastity/poverty/etc in a society that is anything but
It's kind of like a lifetime commitment to the military..without the guns, but with a supreme commander who enforces rules thousands of years old.
In the "olden days", many devout men had the choice of hard, back-breaking work, coupled with an early death and probably no wife anyway, so the choice to become a priest offered him a modicum of security & power that his ordinary life would have never given him.
Perversion abides in all strata of society, but the secrecy that surrounds the church probably offers "odd" men a haven of security & safety, where they can do whatever they want...and get away with it ( some are caught, but probably most are not)
