# Cardinal Mahoney: God Grant Me The Grace To Forgive My Accusers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinal-mahoney-god-grant-me-the-grace-to-forgive-my-accusers/651521>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 27, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinal-mahoney-god-grant-me-the-grace-to-forgive-my-accusers/651521 "2013-02-27T15:13:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinal-mahoney-god-grant-me-the-grace-to-forgive-my-accusers/651521/561 "2017-12-22T12:30:49Z")

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I am told that one should speak only good of the dead.

The kiddie-diddler is dead. Good.

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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardinal-mahoney-god-grant-me-the-grace-to-forgive-my-accusers/651521/562 "2017-12-22T21:13:40Z")

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> [@Steve\_MB](#):
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> I am told that one should speak only good of the dead.
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> The kiddie-diddler is dead. Good.

Lemmy said it best:

“Fuck this “Don’t speak ill of the dead” shit! People don’t become better when they are dead; you just talk about them as if they are. But it’s not true! People are still assholes, they’re just dead assholes.”

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