[nickcarraway]

Cardinal George obviously needs to stop looking the other way, but he does have a point about Mr. Brady sounding like Call to Action and being more careful about where he makes his accusations. If Mr. Brady is irresponsible he may do more harm then good. On the issue of general absolution, I don't think the cardinal has any excuse and he should be ashamed to even say what he did.

[RecallJeffords]

Good point. This scandal has degenerated into a "Call to Action" agenda versus the "homosexual problem." Both miss the point. The problem is that the heirarchy in some dioceses worsened the problem with a policy of moving around priests they knew were predatory, and they should be held accountable for that. Insulting letters may make people feel good but ultimately accomplish nothing except making the writer look like a nut. And the Cardinal should have responded with two sentences thanking him for his input instead of blasting back.

[RobbyS]

In the case of general absolution, that amounts to a technical point, unless one goes entirely to Lutherand practice and private confession becomes the anomaly. Private confession is a practive a thousand years old,and, I think, is established , but it was not always the method of the Church.