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To: presidio9
Are you a Catholic?

Nope.

If so, what are you doing to clean up your Church?

I don't go to church. I got turned off to the hypocrisy of "I'm not perfect, just forgiven" a long time ago. The bible has some very good words and lessons in it. Most of the churches that I have attended throughout my life ignore most of those words and lessons.

A friend of mine is a Catholic. When this pedophilia scandal came to the forefront a few years back, I asked him about it. He told me that when he was growing up, there was a priest in his church who was a very powerful preacher, and a wonderful man of God. However, neither his parents nor anybody else's would let their children be alone with him. That spoke volumes. They knew.

77 posted on 03/07/2006 11:42:55 AM PST by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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To: wyattearp

So, in other words, you are not a Catholic. Pedophilia cases in the Catholic Church make good news stories, and they sell a lot of papers, but they actually represent a tiny percentage of the total cases. If pedophilia is a big issue for you, you are probably aware of the fact that it is much more common in public schools. Why aren"t you posting your commnets there? Sounds to me like you just hate the Catholic Church and are looking to vent your frustrations.


80 posted on 03/07/2006 11:51:28 AM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: wyattearp
When this pedophilia scandal came to the forefront a few years back[...]

You need to get your facts straight. "Pedophilia" refers to prepubescent children, who were involved in fewer than 1% of incidents. The fact that over 80% of the victims were male clearly makes this a homosexuality scandal, but the facts do not imply pedophilia.

82 posted on 03/07/2006 11:53:00 AM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
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To: wyattearp
He told me that when he was growing up, there was a priest in his church who was a very powerful preacher, and a wonderful man of God. However, neither his parents nor anybody else's would let their children be alone with him. That spoke volumes. They knew.

So was he a "wonderful man of God," or wasn't he?

Smart parents don't let their children be alone with any unrelated males, and most related ones. And females don't rate a whole lot better. Any adult who wants to "hang out" with your kids and isn't being paid to do it is highly suspect. That's just common sense.

88 posted on 03/07/2006 11:59:35 AM PST by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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