Pedophile Priest Hits Close To Home

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At first glance you appear to present a good argument but analysis shows that it's full of holes.  

The discussion was about people who wait decades before whining that some pervert priest raped them.  In a lot of such instances the alleged perp is dead and now the victims just want a big pay day.  I said in such instances I would laugh the case out of court if I was on the jury.  And I would because there is no credible evidence that the victim can support the allegation.

You cleverly introduced the instance where a real crime victim was raped and filed a crime report and the cops collected the evidence and stored it.  Then as time passed a guy was snagged for some crime and his DNA was ran against the cold cases and he was busted for his crime.  That is completely different from the typical case involving a perp priest.  

Now in the case you cited the victim didn't sue for a big payout.  She didn't even want to go to court.  But she was caught up in the system because years ago she filed a legitimate compliant.  If she was a minor at the time of the incident she probably wouldn't even be required to testify in great detail as an adult because the DNA evidence and police report would probably be enough to get a conviction since she couldn't consent to sex as a minor.  But you said she was in college so she was probably over the age of consent.  She could have ignored the case if she had wanted to but that might have caused her some family problems. 

So the difference is that one person is a verified crime victim who has supporting evidence.  The other person is a self-alleged victim whose only evidence is other people's claims against the alleged perp and they also don't have any credible evidence.  They just want the money.

 Now if you were the alleged perp in such a case would you rather have someone like me on your jury or a person who is easily swayed by hysteria because someone is making a claim without any supporting evidence against you?

I'd have to actually sit on said jury and make my own call. I personally think that you are rubbing some of the corners off the jurisprudence system and are way off base with it, but whatever. You just do you.