Sterilize the Hair Shirt, Too

The Catholic Diocese of Austin is investigating after a priest called about 15 children to come forward during evening Mass so he could prick them with an unsterilized pin to demonstrate the pain Jesus suffered during crucifixion. . .

Dr. Ed Sherwood, health authority for the Williamson district, said the likelihood of transmitting blood-borne diseases by a pinprick is "real but quite small." He said the risk would increase if adults and children were pricked with the same pin because adults are more likely to be sexually active.

"As a parent, I would not be happy about it," Sherwood said. "But I would be consoled by the fact that statistically, the overwhelming probability is that these kids will be just fine."

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It's hard to comment on this story. In this day of germ hypersensitivity, AIDS, and other black plagues of the sexual revolution, the priest should have picked a different audio-visual technique. But something tells me it's not the disease risk that has animated the MSM on this story.