If being anti-sex abuser makes me a de-facto anti-Catholic, then count me as both.
sounds like a contradiction to me???
anyway what should happen is that when these miscreants are caught they need stiff jail time where they will become brides to big guys name bubba....it is not a church issue after the fact but a criminal case (or should be)
I said
I’ve shown no prejudice against the catholic church in this argument
and also
If being anti-sex abuser makes me a de-facto anti-Catholic, then count me as both.
You said, in response:
sounds like a contradiction to me???
anyway what should happen is that when these miscreants are caught they need stiff jail time where they will become brides to big guys name bubba....it is not a church issue after the fact but a criminal case (or should be)
Now, my response is:
The only way for those two statements to be contradictory would be IF being anti-sex abuser made me a de-fact anti-Catholic.
My guess is you would not agree that being anti-sex abuser would in fact make me such.
But- it’s your call. :)
I would disagree with you on one point. After the fact it is BOTH a church issue and a criminal one.
The original problem is that the church tended to treat it as solely or at least primarily as a church issue- which has caused much of the current tumult.
The church would be equally wrong to treat it as solely a criminal issue.
A criminal activity that occurs in the church is BOTH.
If the church had been as quick to see the perverse behavior of priests as an attack by Satan as they are to see the attacks by the press as one, I daresay the opportunity for the latter would have been greatly reduced.
The church’s first responsibility is to the sheep; not the shepherd’s guild.
Will Wallace