[livius]

I hate to break the news to Rod Dreher, but when I moved in Orthodox circles, sex scandals - that is, homosexual men going after teenagers (not pedophilia) - were a dime a dozen. The difference was that the Orthodox Church had no money, so there was no point in suing it. Furthermore, they would never had admitted it anyway, and on top of that, they were so low-profile they wouldn't even have made good fodder for the press.

If this was what started him on the road out of Rome - and then caused him to rexamine the Petrine claims! - I think he's got some sorry surprises awaiting him.

[Kolokotronis]

"The difference was that the Orthodox Church had no money, so there was no point in suing it."

Blessed are the poor! :)

As a matter of fact, L, judgments against at least the GOA have been quite devastating, though not to the scale of bankruptcies of various Latin Rite dioceses.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I too am afraid of what will happen if he runs into some --- fly-covered pile --- in the Orthodox Church. Scandal is a real soul-murderer.

Pray hard for those who are most vulnerable.