"Through your goodness we have this whine to offer..."

"Bishop Thomas J. O'Brien wants his travel time deducted from the 1,000 hours of community service he was ordered to serve... O'Brien, 68, was convicted Feb. 17 of felony hit-and-run for leaving the scene of a fatal car-pedestrian accident in June... Gerst sentenced him to four years' probation and... ministering to the sick and dying, who can contact him on a hotline set up by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix..."

There are also reports of the bishop's complaint, that the punishment will interfere with travel and other engagements associated with his position.

So there you have it. A bishop hits a guy with his car, leaves him there to die, and is sentenced to perform the corporal works of mercy during his retirement.

And they wonder why they can't be taken seriously.