Posted on 10/06/2017 5:42:32 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, Phonsie Cullinan, has retracted his criticism of the HPV vaccine over the past week and apologised for his “poor judgment”.
In an abrupt u-turn, Bishop Cullinan said he was sorry if any woman felt he was slurring their integrity with his remarks on promiscuity among young people.
He described as bad judgment his attacks on the vaccine, when he claimed it was “lulling” young girls into promiscuity. “That was an error of judgment. It was far too simplistic a way of looking at it,” he said.
His apology was delivered in an interview on the WLRFM Deise Live programme on Monday, and reiterated in a statement issued afterwards by the Catholic Communications Office.
A debate was still needed on the issue of sexuality and young people, he told the Waterford radio station. There had to be a “better way” of bringing happiness and peace to young people and this involved doing “what is right and good”.
Bishop Cullinan said he chose the “wrong vehicle” to express his views on teenagers having sex when he referred to the vaccine.
“I put it across in a very hamfisted way. The real issue is that so many young people are experimenting and there is peer pressure. This is a discussion we need to have,” he told presenter Eamon Keane.
“I think this vaccine can greatly contribute to helping the fight against cervical cancer.” However, he said “there are still questions out there” in relation to the vaccine and the Regret group of parents, which has campaigned against it, should not be “rubbished”
‘Up to the doctors’
Asked whether he now thought the vaccine was safe, he said “I should really leave that up to the doctors,” adding that he did consult “some doctors” before his statements.....
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He was correct. Now he’s not.
There are over 100 HPV types...at least 32 of them are associated with cancer...the latest formulation of gardasil...i believe only protects against 16 variants of the tumor assocated variants...people not fully protected could continue spread of other HPV virus...if they think they are safe...they may spread other diseases that gardasil. Doesnt protect against like gonorrhea..syph..clamydia...hsv..hiv..so it’s a false sense of security in many cases...but it MAY..protect inoculee from HPV...oh you’re so safe arent you?
Considering it only covers 8 out of 30 strains of a STD which is why government is pushing it on our sons.
India, Japan, Spain, France want Bill Gates for Genocide of poor girls really bad. This drug kills, cripples, damages lives. My Grand Daughter a healthy ribbon gymnast, other sports, 16 yr old had the 3 shot series she now has RA and Fibromyalgia these are not curable diseases, and are extremely painful, the RA will put her in a wheelchair one day. She is on the Lawsuit list, the pay out for deaths in US is at the $6M mark.
Wuss.
That’s a terrible situation for your Grand Daughter, and to have it hanging over her head and the rest of the family. Not something a lawsuit can undo.
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