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To: Francisco
Why isn't the Pope in his declining years cleaning the pedophiles and queers out of the Catholic Clergy instead of watching "break" dancing.
26 posted on 01/26/2004 8:57:04 AM PST by hgro
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To: hgro
While any instance of pedophilia is unacceptable, the credibly accused make up less than 0.1% of the priests in this country. To repeat, any instance is unacceptable, but your perception is colored by an active liberal campaign to discredit the most pro-life, anti-homosexual, pro-private schooling, pro-private charity organization on the planet.
37 posted on 01/26/2004 9:51:28 AM PST by presidio9 ("it's not just a toilet, it's a lifestyle.")
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To: hgro
"Why isn't the Pope in his declining years cleaning the pedophiles and queers out of the Catholic Clergy instead of watching "break" dancing."

Good point, it's a complicated problem indeed.
The Church is also a "hospital for sinners". A hospital can not just get rid of all the patients and declairs itself to be "clear, healthy and free of illness". In fairness, the church does reprimend the pedophiled and queer priests only maybe not to the extents as you and I expected. Saving souls wherever possible is still the primary goal and we may disagree the methods of implementation.
59 posted on 01/27/2004 12:20:19 AM PST by Ant_biter
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