Posted on 09/19/2002 7:28:23 AM PDT by Incorrigible
But, he wasn't bounced. From the article (emphasis mine):
Myers' spokesman, Jim Goodness, said Myers was not asked to leave the committee."The real reason was just that he had a specific purpose for being on the committee at the time - to help draft the (policy) document," Goodness said. "Now that that is drafted, it's time for the committee to move on. It naturally would occur that some others would move onto the committee."
Bill Ryan, spokesman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, agreed with Goodness.
Why do reporters, with rare exceptions, leave out the word heretic when describing McBrien.
No, but six teenage boys were anally raped weekly over a period of several years in the Catholic elementary school which my younger son attends. The homosexual rapist priest was transferred from place to place by my bishop. My bishop went on summer vacations with his best friend and a teenage boy friend of his friend. On those vacations the boy was repeated molested by the bishop's best friend. The bishop says he knew nothing. The former head of Seton Hall prep and his priest friend, a Catholic high school near us, were arrested a couple of months ago for soliciting sex from a 14-year old boy prostitute in Canada while the Pope was in Toronto. The prestigious Catholic high school which my older son attends has just informed us of accusations of priestly homosexual abuse against two of its faculty. Another Catholic high school in the next town over was almost closed, given a breakout of sexual abuse by homosexual priests against teenage boys. We have been informed in our local NJ papers of many other instances of homosexual abuse in parishes near us. No, my sons have not been molested. But I would be a fool to assume they are automatically safe in the company of priests around here. The Church in my area is deep into the homosexual abuse hellhole it's created for itself.
I don't remember seeing before that McCormack was on the panel! Who would have put him there???
According to the article, "Cleveland and New Hampshire also have undergone extensive investigations of sex abuse," but I'm afraid McCormack's real claim to fame is his former role as personnel director for clergy in the Archdiocese of Boston. He seems to have had an especially cordial relationship with Shanley.
Of course these days you certainly don't want to bend over forwards when there's a priest around
[Yes, I know that there are non-SAD priests, but why take chances that the one near you is not a sexual deviant?]
God Save America (Please)
You pointed out that my sons haven't been molested. I was pointing out that they are among the lucky ones in my area of New Jersey. There have been homosexual molester priests in our local church, in the next town's local church, in virtually all of the local Catholic high schools around here.
Look, I don't know the specifics about Myers, nor have I claimed to. But given that a great, great many of the bishops in our country have been involved in shuffling homosexual molestor priests from parish to parish (those who have not actually had to resign from molesting boys themselves), and given that very, very few took immediate action when they found out about such (i.e., put the welfare of kids last), I would not be at all surprised if Myers did the same. And yes, I DO expect bishops to act instantly to take suspected molesters away from children. They have rarely if ever done so. Their track record is evil and deplorable. As for Myers, I hope that he is guiltless. But of course, we've been lied to so many times by the Church that I really don't believe anything it tells me in regard to this matter.
I would like to assume he has the honor, decency and compassion to act instantly in cases of suspected abuse to shield children from those accused. Given the Church's track record, I don't automatically so assume.
Ninenot - Get off your very high horse. The fact is, the majority of bishops appears to have been involved in shuffling molestor priests around. All of them certainly knew fully well that there was a huge homosexual molestation problem in the Church, and all of them certainly knew that a huge contingent of Catholic priests are practicing homosexuals. They have all been collectively SILENT about all of this for years - until forced to admit to it by the press. Now, they can't even admit that homosexuality has something to do with the problem. There are some good bishops to be sure. I don't know which ones they are, given all the lies from the Church.
No, I do not believe that. And clearly, some bishops have been more guilty than others. But - again, this homosexual putrefaction has been going on in the Church in America since the 60s and 70s. We've got a fair number of seminaries which are homosexual brothels and which are now unfriendly to normal men, we have 1/3 of the priesthood which is actively homosexual, we have thousands of homosexually molested boys across the country (and in many other countries as well), we have molestors shuffled from one place to another. In response to this, the bishops collectively have done, prior to their recent conference, just about NOTHING. The American bishops wanted, if you will remember, more power to govern themsevles collectively - hence the American bishops' conference. Well, the Pope (foolishly) allowed them some latitude, and the result is the queerized, molestatory Church we now have. While some bishops are more heavily slogging through the deep doo-doo of total hypocrisy and lies and a total disregard for the welfare of children, I DO believe that ALL of the bishops bear significant responsibility for this situation. I have'nt heard of bishops who were fighting tooth and nail to bring to light the homosexualization of the seminaries, or the teenage boy molestation problem. Only one, I repeat one bishop at the recent conference had the guts to submit that this entire sorded affair even had something to do with homosexuality. C'mon. The bishops collectively, even if not directly involved in abuse or shuffling themselves, have known fully well of this situation for years. They are, collectively, moral cowards, who, for the greater part, should not be in charge of our Church. Of course, not a one has been removed. Says something, doesn't it?
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