[VOA]

The arrogant,American bishops many of whom lost their faith years ago,if they ever
had any,contrived,with the help of the american media, this little fiasco,with the intent
of destroying the Church in America.

That's been the sad view I've developed.
I guess the real "trip wire" was the recent announcement that the policies
announced at the Dallas meeting earlier this year (June?) were about to tbe
overhauled.

Listen, I'm for fairness to the accussed priests.
But as an average citizen...I do get a bit disturbed at the American bishops
(OK, seemingly) trying to rig the game in their favor.

Hey, I've even read one case out here in Los Angeles in which the accussed priest
had his indiscretion with a teenage female (age 16?) years ago, owed up to it within
his church community, left the priesthood and moved on. Should he get the same punishment as some
priest who seduced 12-year-old boys...well, call me unfair, but I don't think so.


Seriously, I take C.S. Lewis' view about "greater Christendom".....I feel nothing
by sympathy for the problems that the Catholics are dealing with now...and know
similar things go on in all parts of Christendom.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Hey, I've even read one case out here in Los Angeles in which the accussed priest had his indiscretion with a teenage female (age 16?) years ago, owed up to it within his church community, left the priesthood and moved on. Should he get the same punishment as some priest who seduced 12-year-old boys...well, call me unfair, but I don't think so.

There appears (anecdotally, at least) to be a huge disparity in the sanctioning of priests who have stumbled with women (either adults or those in their later teens) versus those who screw around with boys. The one's who played with boys got a pass, while those who stumbeled with women got tossed out on their ears.