Priest Caught in Sex Sting

(Warren, Michigan) Rev. Shamaun Beas, 35, a Roman Catholic priest at St. Patrick's Church in Portland was caught in a sex sting by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox's effort to crack down on Internet sexual predators. Beas traveled across the state to engage in sexual activity with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Beas faces eight felony counts, including child sexually abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime and using a computer to distribute obscene material.

Chalk up some more evidence to indicate that the church is doing an ineffective job of policing themselves. Society needs to quit listening to the church's promises of reform and to start vigorously prosecuting these sexual predators.