apology accepted.
My point was simple. The article posted was not about “protestant” sexual immorality - though protestants were contained within the study - but it was about religious sexual immorality among clergy.
To highlight “protestant”, when it wasn’t specified in the article, seems trite for us as Catholics. We have our own problems to deal with forthrightly and without cover up.
If we are not willing to hold to the standards for the Church that God himself specifies, then our testimony to the world is poor. No amount of pointing out wrongdoing of other groups makes us more righteous.
If we can’t agree with that, we will never agree.
best,
ampu
>>To highlight “protestant”, when it wasn’t specified in the article, seems trite for us as Catholics. We have our own problems to deal with forthrightly and without cover up.
If we are not willing to hold to the standards for the Church that God himself specifies, then our testimony to the world is poor. No amount of pointing out wrongdoing of other groups makes us more righteous.<<
I agree, but Catholics should not be held to a higher standard and society does do that.
When perception is reality it does; and "other groups" are trying to paint "us" with a broad brush.
When was the last time you heard a Catholic critic make mention of how many hospitals are built and maintained by Catholics? Is that because this information is inaccessible, or because the speaker has an agenda?
And I'm not particularly concerned with agreeing with those who are demonstrably wrong...