Boston Legal - Anti Catholic episodes

Okay, were they just simply ignorant of Church Teaching or being malicious? I can't delve into the heart of the writer but the end result is still the same. In two separate episodes, one dealing with the Church and the Confessional, the other with the Church and teachings against abortion, the show attempts to make the Church seem unfeeling and silly.

Let's deal with the episode dealing with the Confessional. In the episode, two main characters have tracked down a pediphile to his Catholic parish and tries to get his address from the priest. The priest refuses to divulge this information until physically threatened (actually to the point of cutting off his fingers protecting the door to his office where he has kept notes from the confessional). This is not the whole story but we don't need to go into that.

1. Priests do not keep notes in the Confessional
2. The address of the pentitent is not part of the Confession and would not be considered protected by the "Seal"
3. A person confessing to something that they have no intention of stopping, ie a kidnapping in progress, would not be absolved and would not be protected by the Seal of the Confessional.

Next episode: A 17 yr old girl is raped and taken to "St. Mary's Catholic Hospital" in Boston. The doctors refuse to administer the, so-called, "Morning After" drug to abort the baby if she is pregnant. She and her mother are suing the hospital for refusing to administer 'contraceptive' and blame the hospital for her pregancy.

Church teaching is explicit, the "morning after" drug is not contraception, it is abortion. Also, the Church teaches that Artificial Contraception is a sin and therefore should Never administer such a drug within the premises of a Catholic Hospital. If such a family was so upset to sue the Catholic hospital, then why are they not pursuing abortion as an option? If they believe in Abortion in one instance, why not later in the pregnancy? I do not personally believe in Abortion but wonder why the silly issue being brought up with the show? It sounds hypocritical that, in one instance it is alright, in another is out of the question.

J