Newly-Appointed SF Archbishop, 'Father of Prop 8', Arrested in San Diego DUI
Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, who was recently named by Pope Benedict as the new Archbishop of San Francisco and a central strategist in the campaign to pass Proposition 8 in California, was arrested for driving under the influence, the San Diego Union Tribune reports:
Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, 56, who was appointed archbishop in July, was taken into custody Saturday at 12:26 a.m. after being stopped on College Avenue near Montezuma Road, police said. Cordileone, who is a San Diego native, was booked into county jail on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence and later posted bail...he Archdiocese of San Francisco has not returned a call asking for comment on the arrest.
In June, Cordileone attempted to force a LGBT Catholic group to sign an oath of integrity which included remaining celibate.
Was he on his way home from a gay bar?
Posted by: Steven | Aug 27, 2012 6:27:01 PM
Misdemeanor DUI?
California, you suck.
Posted by: "The Gay" | Aug 27, 2012 6:30:39 PM
DUI, for a first-time offender, is a misdemeanor everywhere in the United States.
Posted by: Steve Scarborough | Aug 27, 2012 6:34:53 PM
WHERE'S THE MUG SHOT???!!!!!
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | Aug 27, 2012 6:36:23 PM
"But officer, it's the blood of Christ!!?!?"
Posted by: xpdxy | Aug 27, 2012 6:37:01 PM
Those familiar with the area: just how active is this area for gay hook-ups, monetarily compensated or otherwise?
Posted by: dave02657 | Aug 27, 2012 6:37:55 PM
With respect to the question "Was he on his way home from a gay bar," one might point out the obvious answer: no. Unlike mere state senators, archbishops do not go to gay bars. Rather, when so inclined, they would have a bar come to them. That way they can screen guests for cameras so things really stay under wraps. Ask Prince Harry, who it appears had a staff lax in the screening department.
Posted by: Bill | Aug 27, 2012 6:38:45 PM
HA Ha ha ha ha........ =D
Posted by: Alejo | Aug 27, 2012 6:39:57 PM
It's right beside SDSU campus. It's not known for gay hook ups or anything like that. Just lots of college kids, dorms, apartments, condos, etc.
Posted by: Jeremy | Aug 27, 2012 6:41:28 PM
btw Jus look at his pic... don't you guys feel that there could be some major problem. Weirdo.
Posted by: Alejo | Aug 27, 2012 6:42:18 PM
No no wait...He was just familiarising the poor innocent Church visitors that what could be a possible outcome of DUI. Such a God sent.
Posted by: Alejo | Aug 27, 2012 6:45:24 PM
god wasn't watching over him that night
Posted by: Edd | Aug 27, 2012 6:57:12 PM
Iris, stop it. It's not his fault, the communal wine just proves too tempting for some of them. And that's why we Lutherans use grape Kool-Aid for the blood of Christ.
Posted by: John | Aug 27, 2012 7:00:03 PM
"Father of Prop 8"???? While I celebrate anything that makes this neofascist in Vatican drag look bad to his flock, the recent news stories giving him sole credit for Prop H8TE forgot that the man who he'll replace as San Francisco Archbishop, George Neiderauer, was an even bigger agent of evil in 2008 when he created an alliance with Mormon Church leaders that, per the SF Chron then, formed “the backbone of the fundraising, organizing, and voting support” to kill then-legal marriage equality in California.
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Posted by: Michael Bedwell | Aug 27, 2012 7:03:16 PM
What? No little boys in the car?
He's slipping.
Posted by: JoshG | Aug 27, 2012 7:17:56 PM
What? No little boys in the car?
He's slipping.
Posted by: JoshG | Aug 27, 2012 7:17:57 PM
*Woody Woodpecker laugh*
Did they check the trunk for Altar Boys?
Posted by: Caliban | Aug 27, 2012 7:26:33 PM
Obviously, hypocrisy is exempted from this "Oath of Personal Integrity."
Posted by: starshipcaptain | Aug 27, 2012 7:41:39 PM
More details here:
http://www.10news.com/news/31388323/detail.html
He was with his mother.
Posted by: simon | Aug 27, 2012 7:44:28 PM
..................WHAT?
.... REALLY?
....Are Bishops even allowed to drink? Also, why is his hat pink? Is that the religious right's form of the hanky code?
Posted by: Cocoa | Aug 27, 2012 7:47:48 PM
This is just too precious for words. Nothing I could conjure up comes close to the pleasure I'm feeling right now...not even THAT !! So, don't go there.
Posted by: PAUL B. | Aug 27, 2012 7:56:02 PM
His mom was on KFMB news. Supposedly he had a friend (German priest) in town and per news 8 wanted to show him a good time...I bet!
Posted by: Guest | Aug 27, 2012 8:04:56 PM
That no good, drunken B@STARD!
Posted by: Chicklets | Aug 27, 2012 8:07:37 PM
please, she was just having a few cocktails with friends
Posted by: t | Aug 27, 2012 8:07:50 PM
Somedays god just provides a really good laugh.
I hope they looked in the trunk.
Posted by: i could go on, but I won't | Aug 27, 2012 8:34:22 PM