Judge Blames Lifelong Porn Viewing Addiction in Hearing to Keep Job
Will County Judge Joseph Polito told the Illinois Courts Commission Thursday that his habit did not affect his job or any judicial ruling he made.
Will County Judge Joseph Polito admitted to a nearly lifelong addiction to porn Thursday when addressing the Illiniois Courts Commission in an effort to keep his judicial position. Polito, of Joliet, is quoted in an online Chicago Sun-Times story as being shamed by the revelation that he was viewing pornography on his computer while at work, but that it did not affect his performance as a judge. The addiction began when he was a child, Polito said, and he is now receiving professional help, attends a Sexuality Anonymous support group twice weekly and hasn’t used porn in more than a year, according to the story. “I used pornography as a crutch to deal with my feelings of inadequacy,” he told the commission. “For 60 years this was an inner …
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Susan Shoger
1:35 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Is this a joke that he states it does not affect his rulings? He is judging people who are many times out of control yet cannot control himself? And he is indulging his addiction in the courthouse? It is not a matter of him respecting women. It is a matter of him respecting his position, the courthouse and his total inability or lack of restraint. Really does not matter, however. His punishment … more ›