Former Priest Defrocked for Sexual Abuse was Hired by TSA

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Former Priest Defrocked for Sexual Abuse was Hired by TSA

May 25th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

The CBS 3 I-Team in Philadelphia reports that Thomas Harkins, a former Catholic priest in South Jersey until 2002 was defrocked for sexually abusing young girls. This same person is now working at a security terminal at Philadelphia International Airport for the TSA.

Harkin’s main duty is to screen baggage but also involves screening passengers passing through body scanners and conducting pat-downs where necessary.

“The Diocese of Camden removed him from ministry because it found he sexually abused two young girls. Now, in a new lawsuit, a third woman is claiming she also is one of Harkins’ victims.” the CBS affiliate reports.

Details of the new lawsuit filed in a federal court against Harkins were revealed by the CBS team. It says that he sexually abused an 11-year-old girl up to 15 times in the early 1980s when he was a priest at Saint Anthony of Padua parish in Hammonton, NJ.

When confronted by the CBS team over the allegations, he refused to answer questions and sought refuge in a restricted TSA security area.

“They should know who they’re hiring,” Karen Polesir, a Philadelphia spokeswoman with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) told CBS. As the public, we are screened to our underwear getting on a plane, and yet they hire a man like that.” she added.

The TSA claims that it puts all its employees through background checks, and that Harkins was not flagged because criminal charges were never brought against him.

However, as we have repeatedly noted, this is not an isolated case. In fact, the TSA has consistently hired violent criminals and even pedophiles, indicating that the agency does not follow through on background checks.

Last month, a television station in Atlanta reported that the TSA is so swamped with background checks it is now hiring just about anybody to grope and irradiate the public.

“In a move that could affect security at airports around the nation, the Transportation Security Administration confirmed Wednesday it had such a backlog of background security checks, airport employers were allowed to hire any employee needed,” WSBTV reported. “TSA officials said the background checks are delayed, but they are processing them as fast as they can.”