[AskStPhilomena]

So much for zero tolerance

[AskStPhilomena]

Related.....
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/iteam/112904_iteam_seminary.html

[reaganaut]

This is shameless. And that priest keeps DEFENDING them!

[sinkspur]

Let's just shoot all the sex offending priests.

Would that make you traddies happy?

[narses]

Yeah, here in my Diocese (Spokane) the Bishop (and now President of the USCCB) keeps a convicted sex criminal as Parish Priest running a Catholic School and serving on the Diocesan School Board. Zero Tolerance? H.E. says he has never abused kids and is a 'fine priest'. The CHILD PORN found in his bedding? Well, he went for treatment. The conviction? Well, it was plead down to 'disorderly conduct'.

The USCCB is led by a man who KNOWINGLY allows a child porn user, a man convicted of sexual misconduct in a porn shop to be in charge of school kids. You tell me, is it getting better?

[Salvation]

**the young men training to be priests should tell no one – not their families, not the media.**

Yikes! These poor young men -- not a good place to be.

[marshmallow]

I'm not sure I like the idea of concentrating them all in one place. Not only for the sake of the community but also for their own sakes. They have critical mass in a community like this. That could work to the good but it could just as easily lead to further problems. I think each one needs to be isolated and placed in the personal care of a holy spiritual director ( if such can be found) and put on a round the clock watch, or the spiritual version thereof. Some may simply need to be incarcerated the way any sex offender would.

I note with disgust the following paragraph:

Father Roberto Corral: "These guys have been through their therapy, and working with their counselors and therapists, we are reasonably sure they will not re-offend."

Father, if secular shrinks are all the Church has to fight this problem, then we are in bad shape. Sins of the flesh are impervious to psychoanalysis, intellectual rationalizing, group discussions and pep rally psychology.

They don't listen. They have a life all of their own and only Divine grace can overcome them.

If this is the only treatment these men have received I'll bet my next pay-check that many of them will re-offend if the opportunity arises.