An Austin priest has been arrested in Denver for masturbating to porn on an airplane. He is Fr. Daniel Drinan who was removed from his post in Austin in 2002 after an allegation of sexual contact with a minor was brought forward.
Drinan is apparently not functioning as a priest right now. But he's still on the church payroll, and we strongly doubt if he's being supervised in any meaningful way.
This case shows - once again - that pedophile priests often re-offend or commit other sex crimes in part because their bishops do the bare minimum. Bishops should house and monitor these dangerous men, and work hard to find others who saw, suspected or suffered their crimes, so they might be prosecuted and kept away from kids.
Given his pattern of inappropriate and illegal behavior, we urge Austin Bishop Joe Vasquez to seek out others in his diocese who may have been hurt by Drinan, but scared to come forward. Due to Drinan’s bizarre and unhealthy sexual impropriety, we strongly suspect that similar situations have occurred before.
Frank Lostaunau commented
2012-09-12 17:26:53 -0500
· Flag
I would love to spend a month with il papa to find out what he’s about in the sexuality department. Most likely he’s out to lunch!
Gloria Sullivan commented
2012-09-12 14:37:22 -0500
· Flag
Gloria Sullivan commented
2012-09-12 14:36:15 -0500
· Flag
Kay Goodnow commented
2012-09-12 14:00:02 -0500
· Flag
Frank Lostaunau commented
2012-09-12 13:43:05 -0500
· Flag
I wouldn’t be surprised if the il papa itself has done the same thing.
Judy Jones commented
2012-09-11 10:35:00 -0500
· Flag
If any others have witnessed or may have been harmed by Drinan, please contact the police.
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511. snapjudy@gmail.com,
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests)
John and Sally Shuster commented
2012-09-11 09:46:36 -0500
· Flag
