Radio Host, Former Priest, Indicted On Child Porn Charges

San Francisco Chronicle:

Bernie Ward, a popular San Francisco radio talk show host and former Catholic priest, has been indicted on federal child pornography charges, authorities said today.

Ward, 56, surrendered to federal authorities earlier today but the specifics of the allegations against him are under seal, authorities said.

Read the whole story: San Francisco Chronicle

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[GayGrandpa]

[PART 2]

It is hardly beyond the realm of reason to suggest that Bernie Ward was doing an investigative piece on the subject and that it could have been part of genuine investigative work. That is totally reasonable. The fact that he was once a priest should not have anything to do with this case!

As a child I was very involved with my church (the Roman Catholic church at that time) and new many priests, but I was never ever approached by a priest in an improper or sexual way. All this business with the priests is/was a terrible thing. Personally I think it is all because of the Roman Catholic views about restricting sexual expression, but I do not care to digress from my point. My point is that because one was once a priest; it should not condemn him.

I say we settle down and give Bernie Ward the opportunity to defend himself and the courts an opportunity to exercise justice. I for one am not the most confident of our current legal environment or enthusiasm to rush to judgment and I think that as a society we owe it to ourselves and our fellow citizens the decency to remember that man or woman is innocent until PROVEN guilty.

[GayGrandpa]

[PART 1]

EXCUSE ME HE DIDDLES? Oh really he diddles...hmm. I am from the SF/OAKLAND Bay Area and I have been following this case. He diddles? OMG...outrageous!

One person wrote, "Face it: getting caught with child porn is pretty indicative of someone having pedophilic inclinations."

Is it interesting how quickly and easily that leap was made? HE DIDDLES? I will tell you what Bernie Ward is. Bernie Ward IS innocent until proven guilty! SLOW DOWN PEOPLE! He is charged with federal child pornography charges, but that is all...nothing was said about him diddling anyone or with anyone.

Is there no room in our society any longer for the consideration of innocence? Or patience or generosity of that consideration?

Don't get me wrong like most fathers, grandfathers and gays, I am opposed to child porn. Pedophilia is a terrible crime, disease and curse on our society and anyone who trespasses and runs roughshod on the soil of our children's innocence must pay, but let us slow down and not be a mob, please and thank you.

I wish to be part of no mob!

[thepainter57]

It doesn't matter which gender he diddles - he diddles!

[TyroneTanic]

One thing not clear from the Bernie coverage. Does he like to diddle little boys or girls?

Just asking.

[evahartselftlanguages]

Bernie Ward,KGO Radio Talk Show Host, indicted on Child Pornography Continued. December 9,2007 Care is Cash.


Bernie Ward's support of Care not Cash is cruel. One needs money for job faxes, newspaper,phones,clean clothes, healthful recreation, pain needs,etc. No way do I mean Ward's alleged child porn charges relate to my blog.

I have Receipt of the Certified mail dated Jan 1999 I sent him of the scarce foods,jobs resources in US which he ignored. As of Oct-Dec 05 Glide Church,Sfc is only Church giving breakfast,3 meals in whole city. Companies make you pay to use restrooms so one is limited in going somewhere. SF Rescue Mission on 140 Turk St., Sfc provides no restroom. First Prebyterian Church had no locks for their restroom. St. Paul's Church at 666 Washington Square,Sfc gives a Simple sandwich only. City Team on worst street in Sfc has supper T-S only. Disgusting! Courts ignored too including Wash DC Supreme Court,Docket 5833.

I quit evil jobs. I have grocery store owner signatures' stating they no longer take EBT Food Stamp card and Gov. Schwarzenegger did nothing about this in April 2004. Disgusting. Elliot Liebow in his 93 book states,"It is by its ability to provide a decent life for the masses for average people and for those below average that society will be judged." Proverbs 14,"He sins who despises the hungry." Sirach 4,"Rob not the poor man of his livelihood." Psalm 41,"The Lord will help him on his sickbed and cure his ailments if he is kind to the poor." It is Christian to give healthcare to all. Hann gets his mail.

From English Grammar and Composition by John Warriner it states in ex para that,"A hermit is a person who does not pay for what he gets because all the things in civilization making it possible for him to enjoy comforts he owes to the efforts of others. Yet he contributes little good. A distasteful self-centered man and I neither approve of him nor respect him.
Eva Hart Christian Army 62-70 670 Eddy St. Sfc 94109

[mellene]

Those of us who have been long-time, very loyal listeners know that Bernie Ward is a true hero. I am proud to stand up for him in his time of trouble. I don't believe I've ever known or seen another Christian that I so admire. He has helped so many over the years and I hope will go on to be able to do more in the future. I'm sorry that his investigation into the world of child porn for his book got him caught up in this mess. I pray that he gets vindicated and is back shepparding his "flock" on the radio.

[groucho]

HuffPo put a misleading at best, headline on this story, and most people posting seem not to have read the story.
What shameless smearing of a guy with very little to go to press with. He had a reason for having downloaded stuff, was previously cleared, for that and there's no new information. So just destroy the career and name for a guy who has earned his reputation for the past 20 years. Wow.

[realitytrumpsbull]

I still say 'cops smoke the best dope'. Also,
there's no such thing as an accident, and if
they were really against people looking at
morally objectionable smut on the www., then
there wouldn't be any, 'cause th' gummit
invented the internets(sorry, Al), and they
can shut it off if they wanted. But, if you
can use it to attack people who say stuff
on the radio that you don't want em to, well,
now that's a great ace in the hole, there...

Got any illegal stuff on YOUR computer?
Format C:

[askmeificare]

I'm currently serving on a Grand Jury. We hear cases one to two times a month about child porn.

It's amazing that the only people that get the front pages are the people that hold some form of leadership.

The message seems to be that CP is okay as long as your not a Republican or a Catholic Priest.

[fantagor]

Did anyone READ the article???

He has no history of child predation.

It says the FBI seized his computer in 2005 and found nothing to indicate he was a frequenter of child porn.

He downloaded a few child porn photos in 2004, research for a BOOK.

The most this person is guilt of is being stupid.

Randy

[ceasenake]

I have listened to this guy before, he's a liberal wack job from SF - no surprise he's a twisted child pornography consumer, too.

[shag11]

Dumbshit. Shame on him, and doesn't he know this is the Republicans domain?

[Ginzaman]

I'm surprised that he wasn't picked up for being an "enemy combatant" a long time ago (under Bush's f****d up Executive Orders).

[Ginzaman]

I wonder what Ron Owen and the other neocon KGO hosts have to say about this? Owen and Ward have been giving each other s**t on-air for years.

[chirps]

A Democrat for a change. How refreshing.