Posted on 03/10/2011 5:57:09 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
* Rev. Philip Barr, pastor emeritus, St. Edmond, Philadelphia
* Rev. John Bowe, St. Joseph, Warrington
* Rev. George Cadwallader, St. Vincent De Paul, Richboro
* Rev. Paul Castellani, St. Philomena, Lansdowne
* Rev. Michael Chapman, Ascension of Our Lord, Philadelphia
* Rev. Msgr. John Close, St. Katharine of Siena, Wayne
* Rev. Msgr. Francis Feret, St. Adalbert, Phila
* Rev. Mark Fernandes, St. Agnes rectory, Sellersville
* Rev. Msg. Michael Flood, St. Luke the Evangelist, Glenside
* Rev. Mark Gaspar, Our Lady of Charity, Brookhaven
* Rev. Joseph Glatts, pastor emeritus, St. Andrew Parish, Drexel Hill, and now at Ss. Simon and Jude rectory, West Chester
* Rev. Steven J. Harris, St. Isaac Jogues, Wayne
* Rev. Daniel Hoy, Our Lady of the Assumption, Strafford, Chester County
* Rev. Msgr. Joseph Logrip, chaplain, Saint Mary's Manor; lives at St. Stanislaus, Lansdale
* Rev. Andrew McCormick, Sacred Heart, Swedesburg
* Rev. Zachary Navit, director, Office for Special Projects and Closures; lives at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Doylestown
* Rev. Leonard Peterson, St. Maria Goretti, Hatfield
* Rev. Robert Povish, chaplain, State Correctional Institute, Graterford; lives at St. Eleanor, Collegeville
* Rev. John Reardon, St. John of the Cross, Roslyn
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Rome laughs off a lot of things that should be treated more seriously. Just take a look at some of the comments on this thread.
Twenty-one priests suspended in one city on one day. That is unfathomable.
Imagine if the headline read: “21 ministers suspended for pedophilia.”
The publicity and public outcry would be deafening.
Instead, we hear how Roman Catholics are “troubled but resolute.”
Resolute?!? Let’s see some of that resolve directed at pederast priests raping Roman Catholic children.
God's Word is The Final Authority.
AMEN!
It’s mind-boggling to think how many children may have been harmed.
It wouldn’t be the first time a FRoman Catholic did it.
The worst was when one of them asked how much money it would take for me to allow a priest to molest one of my children. Their point was that the victims claims were all about money. It was beyond shocking...
And elsewhere.
“Attorney Gina Maisto Smith has taken on the task of performing an independent investigation into the twenty-one.
The 2005 & 2011 Grand Jury Reports, which provide the only unvarnished truth, were the result of ordinary citizens looking at the evidence presented by witnesses who had to swear to tell the truth.
It would have been best if the Archdiocese had cooperated fully with the District Attorney’s Office, instead of WITHOLDING files on many of the 37 still in ministry, as the 2011 Grand Jury Report states.
Here is where Smith is going to be hampered. She is being told, apparently, that all of the Archdiocese’s files are open to her.
Here are some questions she might want to ask Cardinal Rigali:
1.When you say files, do you mean ordinary files, or secret archive files, or super-secret archive files?
2.When you say all, do you mean all of the files I need to determine the truth or all of the files you think I need?
(We know for a fact that John Jay College was not permitted to see many secret archive files by bishops across the country when it conducted an investigation into abuse for the United States Conference of Bishops.)
3.How many files involving accused priests have Cardinal Krol, Bevilacqua, and you sent through diplomatic channels to the Vatican, as has been the practice in many dioceses? How do I get them back?
4.Will I have full access to all priests who have ever served in the Archdiocese to corroborate victims’ stories, or provide fresh evidence?
Will they be required to tell the full truth about theirs and their colleagues’ activities, including swimming naked with local school boys on a regular basis at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary?
Or does their silence to date prove that they understand they must observe the rule against scandal?
5.Am I limited in my investigation to only this twenty-one? What happens if I learn of other perpetrators?
6.Do I get to use the dictionary definition of credible or yours?
7.Will my report be made public or will it only be read by you and your attorneys?
8.What role will the statute of limitations play in your decision whether to follow my recommendations?
9.While I am investigating nearly two dozen credibly alleged child abusers in ministry on your watch, will your LOBBYISTS continue to spend parishioners’ donations on fighting child sex abuse STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS reform for all child sex abuse victims in the Pennsylvania legislature?
Granny, I didn't see any attacks on military service except by 'Cock, who mentioned CW's time in the pay line.
You people bring that accusation on yourself by your lack of outrage by the same charges in any other setting. Then you goofballs get mad when that is pointed out. You also lied - nobody "blamed Christians who are reporting the facts".
I can't account for other Freepers who have read your anti-Catholic vitriol, however. Maybe one of them decided that your attacks on their faith were over the line.
Your view of Catholics is clear for all to see, preserved right here in this thread.
It was fun playing with you yesterday afternoon, but I’m bored of you now.
I hope you come to terms with your hatred of Catholics. Barring that, I hope you read more and type less.
Your parting gift, courtesy of the Duke:
The wise old owl sat in an oak.
The more he saw, the less he spoke.
The less he spoke, the more he heard.
Now wasn’t he a wise old bird?
Your view of those who rape children is clear for all to see. I hope you get the help you need and one day realize the evil that lurks in your beloved church.
I’ll leave you with the Word of God:
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea. - Matthew 18:6
ouch......
I’ve just placed you at the top of my “Pray for...” list.
You’re nuts!
A well thought-out post ... it seems so obvious .. ?
Good questions and the only real way to weed out these sick perverts and those that cover for them.
When Protestant ministers or Jewish rabbis injure children this way, they are reported to the police, arrested, tried and if guilty, convicted and sent to jail.
When Roman Catholic priests injure children, they are hidden, protected and defended, often moved from parish to parish where unsuspecting members of the congregation do not know their foul history. And thus these pederasts are free to perform evil again.
And they're not just protected; quite often they are promoted within the papal ranks.
This can no longer be tagged as simply a problem of homosexual priests. It's obvious that at the heart of Rome is a deviant pedophile ring which has been destroying children for centuries.
It's who they are.
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