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To: NYCVirago; yendu bwam; Dr. Scarpetta; sinkspur
Rodimer had to have known of the sexual abuse problem in his diocese for close to 20 years

And from the article: Rodimer had no knowledge of their relationship, and never asked about it.

I contend it is not normal to not make small talk about relationships with people using a vacation home. This was not benign ignorance, this was conscious avoidance, because Rodimer knew what the answers would be (or should be if Osinski were truthful)

25 posted on 06/30/2002 7:57:22 AM PDT by Starwind
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To: Starwind
I contend it is not normal to not make small talk about relationships with people using a vacation home. This was not benign ignorance, this was conscious avoidance, because Rodimer knew what the answers would be (or should be if Osinski were truthful)

Rodimer knew Osinski for many, many years. I would be greatly surprised if Rodimer did not know Osinski was a homosexual. To then look the other way while this priest paraded around his young male teenage sidekick is hard to fathom. But clearly, in the Catholic Church today, where not only homosexuality has been totally accepted, but ACTIVE homosexuality as well, there has not been a drop of concern for having such men in close contact with teenage boys in general. The Church here has made the decision that it's perfectly all right for active homosexual men, many of whom have clear sexual attraction to teenage boys, to be in close contact with those boys. In the Boy Scouts, the welfare of children (a certain some of whom would be abused by active homosexuals) was a far greater concern than potentially offending homosexuals. In the Catholic Church, the welfare of kids has come dead last. But even now, priests get offended when parents are wary of letting their sons be in close quarters with them. I'm sorry. They lost their chance. Parents have no way of knowing anything about the (frequently bizarre) sexual practices of their priests, and clearly, vows mean NOTHING to many priests. Parents would be fools to allow their children close contact with priests. The Sodomite Church has greatly devalued its priests to satisfy the sexual urges of those priests. An incredibly selfish, devilish and self-centered policy that reeks with one of the worst kinds of sin (causing a child to sin).

26 posted on 06/30/2002 8:07:28 AM PDT by yendu bwam
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To: Starwind
I contend it is not normal to not make small talk about relationships with people using a vacation home. This was not benign ignorance, this was conscious avoidance, because Rodimer knew what the answers would be (or should be if Osinski were truthful)

Exactly!

33 posted on 07/02/2002 6:31:36 PM PDT by NYCVirago
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