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Excerpts from dispute between bishop, suspended priest
Erie Times-News/GoErie.com ^
| 7/3/2003
| Ed Palattella
Posted on 07/03/2003 1:51:10 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: dsc
The single most difficult problem about being Catholic is knowing that forgiveness is available--and that people can go through "metanoia", a conversion to the Good.
That's why Catholic jurisprudence (and English/American jurisprudence, based on Canon Law and Judaeo-Christian tradition) is so concerned about the rights of the accused AND appropriate remedies for crime.
Exactly what is justice? It's a tough question. And with this comment, I am NOT making a brief for 'leniency' or for 'let the poor boys go.'
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07/07/2003 6:36:14 AM PDT
by
ninenot
(Joe McCarthy was RIGHT, but Drank Too Much)
To: ninenot
"The single most difficult problem about being Catholic is knowing that forgiveness is available--and that people can go through "metanoia", a conversion to the Good."
As such a person, through the Grace of God and no virtue of mine, I understand that.
If a SSAD sufferer were to undergo metanoia, the very first thing he would do would be to remove himself from the near occasion of sin--he would get as far away as he could from pretty young boys, and stay there. A priest abuser who agrees to continue in pastoral duties has not undergone metanoia.
"Exactly what is justice?"
I'm not calling for justice. I say they must be laicized for preventative purposes, so that they may not continue to commit spiritual murder of the souls under their care.
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posted on
07/07/2003 7:05:44 AM PDT
by
dsc
To: dsc
Well, your analogy is a good one. But laicization is also a Canonical process and requires (not surprisingly) work similar to that of annulment.
I agree that removing oneself from temptation is a VERY good idea. But where are there NO 'young boys' around which someone might find themselves?
Obviously, assignment to an old-folks' home is one possibility, as long as the priest never goes shopping or to a movie.
Sorta glad I don't have the problem of sentencing these guys.
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07/07/2003 8:45:19 AM PDT
by
ninenot
(Joe McCarthy was RIGHT, but Drank Too Much)
To: ninenot
"But laicization is also a Canonical process and requires (not surprisingly) work similar to that of annulment."
But it is possible.
"I agree that removing oneself from temptation is a VERY good idea. But where are there NO 'young boys' around which someone might find themselves?"
A monastery? A cloister? Gots to be someplace.
"as long as the priest never goes shopping or to a movie."
No one who has molested a child or a teenager deserves either to go shopping or see a movie. Ever.
"Sorta glad I don't have the problem of sentencing these guys."
I'm less interested in sentencing them than just getting them out of the priesthood. Let the law handle it from there.
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posted on
07/07/2003 7:50:04 PM PDT
by
dsc
To: B Knotts
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06/03/2004 1:45:27 PM PDT
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ninenot
(Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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