[MarMema]

Your church is in deep doo-doo. You need a new leader. The lack of a zero tolerance policy would have me running, as the family I am helping to sponsor next week on our Holy Saturday is doing, to convert to the Orthodox church. Except of course I already converted many years ago.

But seriously, who wants to raise their children in a church without a zero tolerance policy?
I support you Catholics, but you need to boot JP2.
What a bunch of hoohie. In the article in the Seattle Times today they quoted some official who said there were too many priests who had offended once, repented and were now on the straight and narrow and doing well. If that one offense was with a child, it was one too many.
But they're saying only serial offenders will be considered for removal. I can't believe you are going to tolerate and even support this.

[history_matters]

My goddaughter Theresa went to an Antiochian Orthodox church last Sunday. She couldn't bear to go to her Catholic parish where the priest has been sent away under a cloud of suspicion.

The Divine Liturgy was in English, and she and her family felt genuinely cared for by the priest and deacon. I will be eternally grateful for that and that she didn't just give up on Christianity.