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How do you know the man hearing confession isn't 'buggering boys now or in the past?'
Well- I ASK him before going into the confessional, or even attending their mass!
Needless to say, they don't appreciate it.
Too damned bad if they're 'insulted'. If they're homosexual, they are not legitimate priests. Any priest who gets defensive, instead of understanding, I consider an imposter.
I think I have a right to ask if the holy rites he would perfom would be as null and void as his vows.

And it's not just about 'buggering boys'.
I don't want priests buggering grown men, or each other either!
If homosexuality is removed from the picture, the pedophilia issue AND the celibacy issue is-for the most part- solved.

290 posted on 11/16/2006 4:03:50 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)

To: ClearBlueSky

You ask a priest to his face if he's "buggering boys"...with no cause other than to satisfy your curiosity?

IMO, that's shameful.

294 posted on 11/16/2006 4:15:07 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)

To: ClearBlueSky

>>>Well- I ASK him before going into the confessional, or even attending their mass!
Needless to say, they don't appreciate it.<<<

WHOA! That is the tough love method. Maybe if we all started asking these questions, some changes would be made!

295 posted on 11/16/2006 5:47:35 PM PST by Palladin ("Open a new window; open a new door; travel a new highway.")

To: ClearBlueSky

Well- I ASK him before going into the confessional, or even attending their mass!

There you go!

After all, the Book says EACH OTHER!

James 5
13. Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise.
14. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
15. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
16. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
17. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
18. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.
19. My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
20. remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

323 posted on 11/17/2006 4:57:06 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)

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