Hmmm . .

The Sodomy was only a accident due to lack of electricity.

good idea dstruve!
But it was only 1 point of the prosecution, that was brought against the templars without any testimony by bishop and at the end by the pope himself, that lead to their elimination. They were rich peers and the former crown of christianity, the keepers of the Holy Land and after the loss of it another victim of the king's and pope's greed. Thereover they took some knowledge from the Holy Land to Europe, what the christian leaders everytimes called heretic and what was an endangerment of their omnipotence. So they had to die - in the name of the love of god.

I have to follow dstruve for that comment alone.

pop for dstruve--belly laugh to start the day!

Depending on which history book you read, their reputation varies. The problem for the Church was that they were rich and independent enough to thumb their noses at the Pope. Justice was the sham then that it is today.

I'm going with tabsey on the justice.