“Don’t you understand that you’re next?”
If Slate has any evidence at all of sexual abuse by members of a church I’m a member of, I’m willing to be next.
Jimmy Swaggart was rightly thrown out of the Assemblies of God for less:
“On February 21, 1988, without giving any details regarding his transgressions, Swaggart gave his now infamous “I Have Sinned” speech as he tearfully spoke to his family, congregation and audience, saying, “I have sinned against you, my Lord, and I would ask that your precious blood would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God’s forgiveness.”[3] On a New Orleans morning news show four days later, Murphree stated that while Swaggart was a regular customer, they had never engaged in sexual intercourse.[4] The clip of Swaggart’s confession was played repeatedly on news and tabloid television programs.
The Louisiana presbytery of the Assemblies of God initially suspended Jimmy Swaggart from the ministry for three months. The national presbytery of the Assemblies of God soon extended the suspension to their standard two-year suspension for sexual immorality. His return to the pulpit coincided with the end of a three-month suspension originally ordered by the Assemblies. Believing that Swaggart was not genuinely repentant in not submitting to their authority, the hierarchy of the Assemblies of God immediately defrocked Swaggart, removing his credentials and ministerial license. It was then that Swaggart decided he would be an independent, non-denominational Pentecostal minister and the Family Worship Center would become non-denominational.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#1988_scandal_-_Swaggart.27s_confession_and_fallout
If I understood the post correctly, what Campion is referring to is the agenda of the secular Left to damage ALL religion, beginning with Catholicism. This is not about sexual abuse-it’s about the secular agenda.
Those who are buying into these articles are puppets of the Left.
Doesn't have to be sexual abuse. They'll use anything they have. Maybe you don't understand that we're at war here. The enemy has agents inside the gates. Cutting off your arm and throwing it at the crocodile will only slow him down for awhile.
Read Balts' thread. This is an old story that the NYT has dredged up to smear the Vatican for opposing Commiecare. It's no "closer to the Pope" than it was before, but now it's suddenly news. Again.