Defending The Indefensible

Kate Harding confronts Roman Polanski apologists. Ta-Nehisi seconds. Thomas Reese draws an obvious parallel:

Imagine if the Knight of Columbus decided to give an award to a pedophile priest who had fled the country to avoid prison. The outcry would be universal. Victim groups would demand the award be withdrawn and that the organization apologize. Religion reporters would be on the case with the encouragement of their editors. Editorial writers and columnist would denounce the knights as another example of the insensitivity of the Catholic Church to sexual abuse.

And they would all be correct. And I would join them.

Me too. I haven't studied all the legal detail in the Polanski case (there do seem some prosecutorial errors) so cannot comment on that. But the moral case for championing him is repulsive. Do these people not hear themselves?