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Well, I can't argue the fact on the teacher's unions, I haven't seen any factual evidence of that anywhere.

Would that be because you have never seen the mass media report on the teachers' unions opposition to more stringent licensing? You prove my point for me.

What is traditional morality anyways? What one group deems right and wrong?

It's what God deems right and wrong.

Priests are spiritual leaders, that is what made this topic so important. It's important for the Catholic Church to sweep it's doorstep before handing out advice on morality.

A ridiculous statement. The Catholic Church teaches that it's wrong to lie - should the Church not teach that moral doctrine until every single Catholic in the whole world has never told a lie?

There is no surer way of stifling the spread of the Gospel. The Church on earth is made up of sinners. Always has. Always will be.

Just because individual Catholics fall short of the ideal is no reason to stifle the ideal or pretend it doesn't exist. For every Catholic priest who did the evil things we're discussing there are hundreds who go about their business, selflessly giving of themselves for Christ's sake.

You want to scant the good they do every day and pretend that they don't exist. In many ways that's an even worse thing to do than covering up evil deeds.

You said, "Would that be because you have never seen the mass media report on the teachers' unions opposition to more stringent licensing? You prove my point for me."
- Actually, you proved my point, that is,that there is no actual statistics that show beyond a shadow of a doubt that the problem of molestation is only in one venue. I don't actually take too much stock in a news story, I tend to, if it interests me, to do some research of my own.

2. You said, "It's what God deems right and wrong".
Since this point is an age old debate, I'll just agree to disagree, and move on. I accept all religions and fully support them in thier efforts, and I'm not about to go into this one.

3. You said, "You want to scant the good they do every day and pretend that they don't exist. In many ways that's an even worse thing to do than covering up evil deeds." PREPOSTEROUS and totally unfounded. I ABSOLUTELY KNOW that the majority of priests are god fearing and humble men that contribute greatly to thier faith and thier flocks. How can I pretend good priests don't exist, I never implied that all Catholics were bad, never. I embrace all religions equally, and I do understand that with good there will always be bad. My assertion was that, if the rising problem isn't fixed, and quickly, the message will not carry much weight, which I really do not want to see happen, but could quite be a reality.

You have to understand that if a priest or small group of them are committing such horrible acts, it will and has shaken the faith of those people that they were supposed to lead. What happens then? More god fearing people lost because of these acts. That's why it's so imperative to fix the problem.