[annie laurie]

Fairness compels me, a non-Catholic, (and should compel all of us) to admit that this isn't just a Catholic problem.

Just one example from the link provided in 64:

"An associate pastor of a San Fernando Valley chapel was sentenced to 32 months in prison on Tuesday for failing to register as a sex offender. Ilger, a former second-grade teacher, was convicted in 1988 of molesting four students in his San Luis Obispo classroom. After being released from jail, Ilger and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he took a position with Hope Chapel of the Valley in Canoga Park. "We've lived and learned a painful lesson," the Rev. Jeff Fischer of Hope Chapel said outside court. Fischer has said he and about 30 church elders knew that Ilger had molested young girls before he was hired."

Please, let's stop the cross-Tiber bashing and admit that this behavior isn't limited to any one group, that the behavior is wrong no matter who does it/who enables it, and that the offenders should be locked safely away from the rest of us.

[marajade]

Did you miss the post I made in #66 of this thread?

[FJ290]

Please, let's stop the cross-Tiber bashing and admit that this behavior isn't limited to any one group, that the behavior is wrong no matter who does it/who enables it, and that the offenders should be locked safely away from the rest of us.

Amen! Thank you for your fairness in this issue. The offenders should be punished for their crimes and we should also pray for all Christians of good faith to be protected from a menace like this.