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To: Dr. Eckleburg
In truth, a married clergy precludes much of the sin that is endemic to Rome.

Urban legend which you continue to perpetuate.

Sexual Abuse of Children by Protestant Ministers

Sex abuse spans spectrum of churches

The truth is that anyone who thinks that protestants don't have a problem which either equals or exceeds that of the Catholic Church are fools, liars or both. It's telling that you don't mention the abuse rate in public schools. Another example which blows your "celibacy is the problem" argument right out of the water.

136 posted on 06/16/2007 2:30:48 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham; Dr. Eckleburg
The truth is that anyone who thinks that protestants don't have a problem which either equals or exceeds that of the Catholic Church are fools, liars or both.

Trust me - you don't want to go down this path. The numbers cited in those two websites are an apples vs oranges comparison versus the Catholic church's own numbers as provided by your own U.S. Catholic Bishops. If you isolate the cases actually committed by clergy out of your examples, and then compare like-for-like with the numbers provided in the U.S. Catholic Bishops' "John Jay" study, it can be demonstrated that there are approximately four times as many Catholic priests and clergy who are sexually abusive, than the number of "Protestant" pastors guilty of the same.

I'm not saying that either set of statistics are inaccurate or deliberately falsified. I'm just saying that your numbers, if accepted at face value and if I've understood them properly, paint a far worse picture on the Catholic side than you're probably aware of.

145 posted on 06/16/2007 8:54:03 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: A.A. Cunningham; 1000 silverlings; PAR35; ears_to_hear; OLD REGGIE; Quix; P-Marlowe; xzins; ...
"...married clergy precludes much of the sin that is endemic to Rome" is an "urban legend"?!?

LOLOL.

"BETTER TO MARRY THAN TO BURN"

156 posted on 06/16/2007 11:46:00 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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