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To: Dr. Eckleburg; Quix; metmom; Alex Murphy

More smoke and mirrors ping!

2 posted on 07/21/2010 10:58:22 AM PDT by TSgt (We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)

26 posted on 07/21/2010 12:35:14 PM PDT by Quix (THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)

To: TSgt; RnMomof7; Alex Murphy; HarleyD; wmfights; Forest Keeper; the_conscience; Dutchboy88; ...

EVEN WHEN a religious institution has its own procedures for punishing wayward clergy, the sexual abuse of children is a serious crime that warrants prosecution by civil authorities. But when the Vatican revised its disciplinary system for sex-abuser priests, it missed the opportunity to take an unambiguous stand against pedophiles and those who protect them. The new rules do not order church officials to report allegations of sex abuse to the police, nor do they establish even internal penalties for bishops who cover up cases of abuse.

Rome won't change because it doesn't think it has to change.

God willing, civil, legal and moral authorities will prove them wrong.

30 posted on 07/21/2010 2:57:59 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)

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