Posted on 06/17/2004 11:20:09 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
Bettinelli reports:
I just got this message from Rod Dreher:
"On Sunday, The Dallas Morning News will begin publishing the results of a major yearlong investigation into a largely uncovered aspect of the Catholic sex abuse scandal. The series of stories are international in scope, and will make headlines nationally and overseas. I’m not at liberty to disclose details yet, but I’ve seen advanced copies of the articles, and they are devastating. I believe at this point, more details will be available on Friday morning, when one of the reporters on the series does an interview on National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition.” The stories will be available on the dallasnews.com website starting either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
I expect these stories to dominate conversation among concerned American Catholics next week, and into the early summer (because there will be much more to come; next week’s series only reveals part of what our reporters have uncovered and documented). These findings give lie to the claim from Church officialdom that this scandal is over. The cover-up continues."
Rod Dreher confirms:
"Not only stories, but photographs. I’ve seen the planned cover of Sunday’s DMN. The picture they’re going to run is a jaw-dropper...I hate to tell you this, but the bishops already know. They have known. They hoped you and I wouldn’t find out. That’s part of the story... Also, our people are now talking to national media about this. Starting Friday night, you might be seeing stuff about this. I’ll let Dom and others know if any early media appearances are scheduled."
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This moving around of priests to HIDE the abuse is wrong. Was wrong. Is still happening. It's a disgrace. It's ruined lives.
I miss the church. I miss the music. But I can't go back either.
Did you know that Bush is Catholic and therefore must also be blamed for this abuse?
Actually, those are only the ones reported. A relative worked for the state institution charged with revoking teaching licenses for this. Sexual abuse between teachers goes largely unreported and the teachers get shifted around.
There was a non-child sexual incident in our district. One of the principals was, um, er, tutoring one of his married female staff members during her conference period. This wasn't the first go round for the principal. The teacher went to a different school, the principal went to a different district. I only know because well, teachers laughed about how stupid the man was. Oh, and nothing went in to anyone's file about sexual misconduct.
Truth is bashing.
Head in the sand, circle the wagons, is a good Catholic.
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I didn't bring the war into it.
The Church brought the war into their moral authority when they condemned the war in Iraq as immoral.
Now here they are, involved in more immoral cover-ups.
And since when is the church opposed to 25 million people being freed, anyway?
I think you are mixed up, friend.
Oh, and you have a B.S. story to add as well. Congratulations.
There are homosexuals involved? Where did you hear that???? /sarcasm
WOW! You are re-writing history, friend.
Do you not know that Catholics who divorced were not allowed to receive the sacrament in the early 60's? Tens of thousands of good Catholics were refused the sacrament for doing NOTHING wrong but being abandoned.
Why do you think so many Catholics got annulments which costs several thousand dollars? So they could go back to CHURCH!!!!!!!!!
Sheesh - you people who are alluding to something in my past or my parent's past are disgusting.
Just heard on the news today that the diocese of Phoenix? may be filing for bankruptcy.
It will be about the largely-ignored story of clerical sexual relationships with adults, both men and women.
Dreher says it's international in scope, so it will likely involve some stories from Mexico or Latin America about concubinage.
Notice, Dreher said it would concern American Catholics. If it's about priests abusing their celibacy vows, it will simply reinforce a stereotype that already exists in the rest of the public.
That settles it: you were never really a Catholic.
</sarcasm>
I think it was Tucson, actually.
You never said anything about divorce. So basically the priest told you mother she couldn't go to communion and you've been attacking the Church ever since? And what does JFK have to do with it?
Oh, brother.
WIthin one week of my father leaving, Father John was at our doorstep telling my mother she could not receive the sacrament. She was not yet divorced and certainly not remarried.
I was the oldest at 7 and so was hardly in a position to go to church alone with my siblings so WE could receive the sacrament.
Instead, we went to Episcopal church.
You are all making me so sorry I shared this story with you because your tones are mean spirited, accusatory and quite ugly. Not Christian at all.
AND, many of you are re-writing history. Regardless of the formal position of the church of abandoned spouses who are not yet divorced, MANY, MANY separated non-yet-divorced people were told they could not receive the sacrament.
Was this done on a church by church basis? Yes. SOme churches in California were more liberal and turned a blind eye to divorced/separated status. But we weren't in California. We were in New York.
No kidding!
Sometimes I wake up around 5:00 on Sunday morning and some Catholic Mass is on the the local channel, with about 12 people in attendance and the music, the music...makes me want to kill one of my cats!
No, I don't know that. Do you have anything more in the way of proof than an anecdotal "my Mom said when I was eight ..." story?
Please note: it's entirely possible that the priest told your Mom that. It's entirely possible that the priest was out to lunch, too. Just because a priest says it, doesn't make it true.
Why do you think so many Catholics got annulments which costs several thousand dollars? So they could go back to CHURCH!!!!!!!!!
There's no need for an annulment unless they're going to contract a second marriage.
Sheesh - you people who are alluding to something in my past or my parent's past are disgusting.
YOU brought it up to trash MY religion, and I'M disgusting???
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