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To: kearnyirish2

Its really about destroying Christianity.

Speaking as a non Catholic, IMO the problems with molestation have been due to organization, not Catholicism. There is a certain vulnerability to corruption within all organizations but they can be cleaned up and monitored by honest people from within.


5 posted on 01/06/2012 2:14:13 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: cripplecreek

As a protestant I hope the Catholic Church does get to clean up the infection with whatever medicine it takes. I wish the church the best.

The problem is that the Catholic Church provides a hiding place (if not a breeding ground) for the pederasts that infect them. The church cannot challenge this doctrine, as far as I know.

Some of the best defense and justification of marriage (between a man and a woman) that I have heard or read comes from the Catholic church. This is a sacrament that protects men from their own baser instincts, but is denied to their priests.


8 posted on 01/06/2012 2:25:26 PM PST by CPO retired
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To: cripplecreek
Its really about destroying Christianity.

Bingo!

9 posted on 01/06/2012 2:27:21 PM PST by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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To: cripplecreek

“There is a certain vulnerability to corruption within all organizations but they can be cleaned up and monitored by honest people from within.”

I think it was obvious fairly quickly that some bishops themselves were compromised (Weakland being one of the more obvious ones, but there were others). One of the Florida dioceses replaced their bishop with another that had to step down within months because of accusations against HIM; how much were these guys going to “clean house”?


13 posted on 01/06/2012 2:38:20 PM PST by kearnyirish2
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