[Polycarp IV]

The plain meaning of the bishop's stament is that there have been no cases of the diocese's priests being involved in a sex scandal. This kind of hacking and berzerking is very unconstructive to solving the very real and very grave crisis in the church.

I knew this deacon, prior to his ordination.

The diaconate training program filled his head with situational ethics and dissent.

In the days prior to his death, he was instructing his Religion classes that if one says a perfect act of contrition prior to suicide, one may avoid hell.

He was screwed up at least in part by the dissent and heresy rampant in this diocese.

That is part and parcel of the very real and very grave crisis in the church.

By the way, I am the author of the Reader's Forum Letter above.

[Askel5]

Her mother thought they were going to Mass?

Is this something they'd done often?