Read in last evening's news:

"MOUNTAINSIDE, New Jersey (AP) -- Turns out somebody was watching from up above.

A longtime member of a church here has been charged with stealing about $28,000 over 11 years after church officials caught him on tape with his hand in the collection plate, authorities said.

William J. Biunno, 71, a former trustee and member of the choir at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, is accused of taking the money during Sunday Mass after it was collected from parishioners, Sgt. Vincent Gagliardi of the Union County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.

Church officials became suspicious late last year after one noticed something unusual on an in-house video surveillance system, authorities said. Because that camera wasn't at a good angle to see all of Biunno's actions, church officials added others that clearly showed Biunno pocketing the money.

Church officials brought the tapes to police, removed Biunno from his position as a church trustee and forbid him from helping with the collection.

Biunno, who declined to comment, continued to be an active church member and attended religious events right up until he was charged."

Ok, we all know that stealing is wrong. I'm not trying to suggest that it isn't. In most cases. And I don't know all the facts behind this, only what has been purported on the internet news outlets. Which leads me to this. Is this the same Roman Catholic Church that allowed many of their priests over many years to sexually molest their young parishoners, then hushed it up and trundled off their deviant priests under figurative darkness of night to some other parish and unsuspecting flock of innocents? Is this the same Roman Catholic Church that swept it all under the proverbial prayer rug and allowed generations of children to suffer?

Yet when it is discovered that a member of their flock, a 71-year old, 11-year church trustee takes what amounts to roughly $48.00 a week from the church collection plate over the course of those 11 years, they immediately report the crime to the local police which arrest him. Where was this zero-tolerance thought process (see my next post for more on that issue) when it really mattered? Like when YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS WERE HAVING THEIR LIVES FOREVER DAMAGED!