President Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., is back in the news.

In an rare interview this week with the Washington Post, he compared the president to a son who was being treated unfairly. He also talked about his life and his church's history.

Wright granted the interview after preaching at a D.C. church.

"I have not stopped loving him because of what the press did, and to see him beat up on because of things he is not responsible for is painful," the Post quoted Wright as saying.

"It is unrealistic to think that one person can change the mess that this country has gotten into, but to pick on him is like picking on one of my kids," Wright said. "I have been knowing him for 20 years.

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