Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)

The Consoler (2011)

Mark Dobies: McTeal's Attorney

Quotes 

• McTeal's Attorney : Look, if your strategy is to drag the church through the mud...

  Robert Goren : We have no agenda against the church. For every story you hear of misconduct, there are thousands of stories of good works.

  Monsignor McTeal : Well, that's the first true thing you've said all day, detective.

  Robert Goren : You know, I was thinking, you know, an episcopalian priest can... well, they can have a wife, and a lutheran pastor, they can date a playmate. You have, uh, vows of chastity.

  Monsignor McTeal : A vocation demands sacrifice.

  Robert Goren : Jeez, it must be... frustrating.

  Monsignor McTeal : Temptation is a test that God gives all of us.

  Robert Goren : Well, it seems to be a test you're failing.

  Monsignor McTeal : I'm no diferent from any other man. How about you, detective Goren? Any frailties of your own?

  McTeal's Attorney : Look, we're within a minute of walking if we don't hear a charge.

  Robert Goren : You can... Love the church for their good works, or you can hate the church for their... Hypocrisy.

  [impatient] 

  Robert Goren : Tick tock. Ti- How much time do I have left? Go ahead. No. How much?

  [to Monsignor] 

  Robert Goren : But both sides agree... Thou shalt not kill.