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Hoatson undermines himself by not admitting that the predators are themselves mostly homosexuals, so the bishops would be protecting their own, so to speak.


6 posted on 02/07/2006 1:31:42 PM PST by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: RobbyS
Hoatson undermines himself by not admitting that the predators are themselves mostly homosexuals, so the bishops would be protecting their own, so to speak.

Um, isn't that the entire basis of his lawsuit?

From article:

what Hoatson claims is that, as leaders of a church requiring celibacy and condemning homosexuality, actively gay bishops are too afraid of being exposed themselves to turn in pedophile priests. The bishops' closeted homosexuality, as the lawsuit states, "has compromised defendants' ability to supervise and control predators, and has served as a reason for the retaliation."

23 posted on 02/07/2006 2:54:01 PM PST by M. Thatcher ( I truly hope for two things before I die. The death of the Democrat Party, and the death of Islam.)
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To: RobbyS
Hoatson undermines himself by not admitting that the predators are themselves mostly homosexuals, so the bishops would be protecting their own, so to speak.

Actually, he does say it: To stop the abuse, he says, "you have to admit what is going on in the church with its homosexual culture."
91 posted on 02/08/2006 8:10:15 AM PST by Antoninus (The only reason you're alive today is because your parents were pro-life.)
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