Posted on 06/12/2013 7:36:00 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne
The Catholic diocese serving parishes from Lodi to Turlock has spent about $15 million in judgments, settlements and legal costs regarding clergy abuse cases by priests and former priests, according to Bishop Stephen Blaire. Blaire, bishop of the Stockton Diocese, issued a message to parishioners throughout the diocese. The message was read aloud during Masses on Saturday and Sunday. “It was a sad comment, kind of scary,” Lodi resident Patty Ibarra said after Sunday’s 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Anne’s Catholic Church.
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I know folks who were sexually abused as young children. This abuse sent them into a prison, a life of hyper sexuality, multiple marriages / divorces, self medicating with drugs and alcohol to numb the emotional trauma, trust and anger issues, sexual identity issues......you name it.
The catholic church has yet to offer a blanket absolution for these folks, yet the priest that stole their childhood, stole their innocence received forgiveness and absolution. The abusers are often times restored and return to the table.
The abused are held to a different standard. They must go through an almost impossible task of researching ex wives, witnesses, thousands of dollars to the diocese and all the hoops that accompany the annulment process.
Should their not be a blanket absolution by the church for those who have gone through such misery? Sometimes hiding their shame for decades, now wanting to rejoin their brothers and sisters in celebrating all the sacraments...but are held away by the very church that facilitated the abuse.
I dunno, just sayin.
Any priest who is,in fact,responsible for such abuse may very well wind up in hell...depending on whether or not they truly repented for their grievous sins.But the lawyers who brought suits like this will most certainly wind up in hell (because they’ll surely never repent) and some of their clients may as well...depending on the circumstances of individual cases.
[[Stockton Bishop Stephen Blaire: Lawsuits have cost diocese $15 million]]
Bs biship- the lawsuits haven’t cost you thast much- your church’s GAY SEXUAL ABUSE of innocent children has cost you $15 million and hopefulyl will cost you more- Apparently you folks don’t take Jesus’s words abotu harmign children very seriously, but God certainyl does!
Any priest who is,in fact,responsible for such abuse may very well wind up in hell...Or scoutmasters.
I agree.
And, I'd add to the saying "As people get older they get wiser" that avoiding this issue is unwise.
Long ago, as a young sailor making my way across the nation on leave, I ran into a gay priest at a train station in New Mexico. It was the middle of the night and nothing happened, but ... I discovered that gay priests exist.
And now, after long ago marrying a USO hostess and raising four kids, one of whom was gay, I'd say that God makes people that way.
Your position is that God wants people to practice homosexuality?
My position is that homosexuals exist, and your position is ... ?
You refuse to answer this question on a conservative forum, “Your position is that God wants people to practice homosexuality?”.
That is answer enough.
I’m not God and you’re not God. Welcome to the club.
That’s two evasions of what is a very simple question. I think we can conclude that you have answered.
The truth is that God does not want people practicing homosexuality, and that you want to promote the homosexual agenda, you just lack the courage to do so more openly than you already do.
Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise.
What a bizarre and irrelevant post, totally out of context.
Your fearful silence on your obvious political views is so incredibly weak and timid.
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