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LaryDoc,you called it right,as for us in Philly, Betty Davis would say,and I dont't have this perfect."Fasten your seatbelts folks ,we are in for a bumpy ride "

I grew up and went to parochial school with some of the Bevilacqua family on LI. They are good solid Catholics and I was very glad when the Cardinal was sent here to the Philly Archdiocese after Cardinal Krol died but we've got a big problem in my own parish with a priest so Cardinal Bevilacqua hasn't been able to fix everything and there is infiltration of the lavender mafia even here too. The problem is national at least.

The problem is national at least.

The problem is worldwide. Australia, Netherlands, Ireland, Africa...the list goes on and on. Everyone has been saying it; get rid of the actively gay priests; keep homosexuality out of the seminaries and much of this problem will end. The bishops and cardinals need to learn when pastoral is appropriate and when "kickin' butt" is a necessity. Bishop Bruskowitz(sp?) is an example of one who knew when to be pastoral and when to lay down the law.

Covering-up and keeping things hush-hush has got to stop. Things are much worse when the hierarchy doesn't disclose serious problems.