How could one not read the headline: “Pastor arrested in sexual assault at public library” ? This must be the low of all lows on the morality meter. First, the whole pastor idea–but we already know that “servants of god” are fallible humans, many of them succumbing to sexual drives that ‘regular’ people go to their very churches to forget.

A pastor at a South Sacramento church has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy in the bathroom of a library, Sacramento police said.

I suppose we’ve seen this kind of tragedy in malls, at casinos, and in other public places–but at the library? The library is my sanctuary. I’m outraged. Does this mean the local library will be forced to keep its restrooms locked, or to install cameras to keep an eye on possible lawbreakers? Big brother will help us protect ourselves from ourselves. Anyone who knows anything about libraries understands the depth of this transgression. A library should be a safe place for the body and spirit, so that the mind can be challenged. It is a sanctuary by the very nature of what it offers its users.

Mr. Pastor, you’ve crapped in my temple, and I am mad as heck about it.