For the understatement of the week file, regarding the slaying of child molester and ex-priest John T. Geoghan:
Prison experts said officials appeared to have made a fundamental error in placing a vulnerable inmate like Mr. Geoghan, 68, in the same protective custody unit as Mr.[Joseph L.] Druce. Mr. Druce, 37, is serving a life sentence without parole for strangling a 51-year-old man in 1988 who he believed was gay.
Hmmm. Yes, I would think that would be considered an error in judgment.
While one cannot condone Druce's murderous actions ("vengeance is mine, says the Lord"), one cannot also help but feel Geoghan deserved it. What happened to Geoghan was a natural consequence of the sort of depravity he practiced for decades. The world would be better off without either one of them.
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