[Rutles4Ever]

FYI...

[sam_paine]

What could be so bad? Halliburton contractors building illicit confessional booths?

[Peach]

And the church thought they had the moral authority to tell Bush that the war in Iraq was immoral?

[cripplecreek]

I really feel a great deal of pain for catholics. I just can't help but feel that catholics as a whole are getting a bad rap.

[Asclepius]

This is hugh. It could be series.

[Puddleglum]

I'll wait to sift the substance from the sensationalism.

[Jaded]

So Abu Ghraib will be on the second page now?

As in any organization there is always bad. What we hope for the most is that the house will be cleaned out. And cleaned out good this time. If this is true, I can imagine the meltdown that will occur, including here.

[McGavin999]

If they can't blame it on Bush, they won't bother with it.

[Tacis]

Great! I wonder how the DMN will blame Bush.

FYI, yesterday, after information was posted in the late afternoon about neocommunist Congressman Martin Frost being charged in a campaign finance abuse issue, I called for bets on its coverage in today's DMN.

It wasn't! It was on the front page of the Fort Worth Startlegram. The DMN had a small article on the second page of the second section announcing that Frost's office said the charge was frivolous. No coverage of the charges of criminal activity.

So, while your revalations might be of concern to Catholics and the priests who have enjoyed the lavish life styles, my bet is that the DMN will use it to jab Bush or, like a spigot, to divert attention from Bush when something good happens or from Flipper John when something bad (for him) happens.

But, thanks for the heads up!

[franky]

So what's new?

Any Catholic who has not had his or her head in the sand will not get up tight. MOF, there are many more problems facing the Church and they affect many priests the total laity much more than the priests or the people involved in the sex scandals.

The biggest problem is the amount of un- taught laity and the Church can blame that on all the clergy not those involved in the sex scandals. Bishop's and priest's responsibility is to get souls into heaven and they have been doing a poor job of that. All the clergy will be judged by God for their catechilical or lack of towards their flocks

[sphinx]

I wonder what aspect of the sex abuse scandal the author could call "largely uncovered." From where I sit, it's been saturation coverage of every angle I can think of.

At this point, unless the Pope is personally implicated in the coverup, it's hard to see how any more damage can be done. It's not as if the American hierarchy has any credibility left to lose.

[LS]

So, they have pictures of the Pope with a dog leash?

[Taliesan]

You guys really need to get your arms around this thing.

[TheCrusader]

The Dallas Morning News also reported that 606 teachers from Texas have been punished for sexually abusing minor children over the last eight years. Hence, the State of Texas alone has more teacher child sex abusers than the entire Catholic Church priesthood in the U.S. This should make one seriously wonder why the media place so much of their highly focused attention on the Catholic Church and so relatively little attention on the much larger national problem within secular institutions.

[Salvation]

A thread from the Religion Forum -- Windswept House come true?

[what's up]

I believe many of the abuses happened in the Boston area.

No surprise...it's a small number of priests and the Boston Catholics are probably among the most liberal in the world. It makes me think the conservative Catholic Church is stepping up to the plate finally.

I really like the way the Catholic Church is talking about disallowing pro-abortion politicians from Communion.

Beware of broad-based attacks on the Catholic church or any church; they are from Communists.

[gathersnomoss]

Did you know that Bush is Catholic and therefore must also be blamed for this abuse?

[A CA Guy]

The story is homosexual pedophiles embedding themselves in the church claiming to be men of God with a calling who used the vocation to hunt children.

This is a gay homosexual predator issue that the Catholic Church and other faiths fight IMO.

[Alberta's Child]

I think this is the devastating photo they're planning to run in the Dallas Morning News. The White House chaplain in the passenger seat was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy . . .

[Judith Anne]

Any idea what this fresh angle of the scandal is about?

I am sure that the mainstream media will be all over this due to Kerry (and other dim CINOs) being on the outs regarding his stance on abortion, homosexual marriage, etc. They will use it to try to make Kerry's position seem principled, imho.

I weep for the church I love, and I will never leave it, but it should have been cleaned out a long time ago.

[Tennessean4Bush]

It's Bush's fault, you know. Somehow, it is. They are merely delaying the release while they find the connections.