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Minster charged with having sex with teen
Miami Herald ^
| 3/12/02
| David Green
Posted on 03/13/2002 5:43:18 AM PST by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone
Maybe it's like Julia Child said the time she couldn't make the Charlotte Russe stand up: “Well, I can't do it, but maybe you can.”
To: areafiftyone
There is an interesting psychological phenomenon going on here. It seems that some of these people gravitate toward religion because they are trying to find help with their tendancies, of which they are aware. Not sure what to make of it.
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03/13/2002 6:04:38 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: areafiftyone
Some of the jerks in the Catholic hating media will probably blame the Catholics for this.
To: areafiftyone
''He's been a faithful pastor and his service has been noteworthy,'' Well THEN we should just move on.
/sarcasm
To: Bahbah
Yeah kind of like when gay guys get married to women hoping their homosexual tendencies will go away...
People don't realize it's not that easy to overcome something, that it takes a lot of crying and emotional struggling. And a lot just aren't willing to do that. It's too uncomfortable.
To: areafiftyone
Why can't these people leave their ministry or priesthood if they find that they are having a hard time controling themselves, or maybe try to seek counseling You know, as a life-long member of many churches in several states, and having worked with religious publishing, I think the answer to your question is oddly simple... that these people have invested themselves in a JOB, have "tenure", are educated in the liberal arts and aren't fit for other work.
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03/13/2002 6:10:13 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
To: AppyPappy
Why are you Catholics so sensitive about this? Is there a reason? Because there tends to be alot of Catholic bashing on these posts. The Catholic religion has had its share of problems over the centuries but so have all religions. But for some reason the Catholics are singled out for alot of bashing. Thats why we are so sensitive
To: grumpster-dumpster
If only the Baptists would do away with that out of date celibacy rule. < /sarcasm>
To: Revelation 911
Come on, people. He was just JOKING!
To: elwoodp
Yeah, all the "old guys" (like this preacher) would love to have the age of consent lowered for their exploitation purposes. You are a doo-doo head. The consent law is for sex between a kid and an older person. It hits the pedophiles, predators and prostitution clientele.
To: areafiftyone
These "pastors, priests, clergymen, etc." are not of the church to begin with. They are infiltrators from the dark side.
To: Bahbah
It seems that some of these people gravitate toward religion because they are trying to find help with their tendancies, of which they are aware. Could be they are using religion as a disguise to cover their lifestyle over the years. For years these people were able to get away with it because of the people's refusal to believe that a "man of the cloth" could so such a thing. But lately the population has become wise to that fact and they can't hide behind the cloth anymore. There will be alot more exposing over the years. In a way its good that we can clean this stuff out of our churches now. The only bad thing is the victims of these sexual acts will never be the same again because of the suffering they had to endure.
To: areafiftyone
But for some reason the Catholics are singled out for alot of bashing. Thats why we are so sensitive There's no reason to be sensitive and every reason to be glad that we are singled out for bashing.
They're jealous! :)
To: areafiftyone
I'm really tired of resding about men of the cloth being busted for perverted behavior.
On the other hand, I'd like to point out to everyone that the number of priests and ministers is in the millions, and the number of perverts among them is very tiny.
I'm just trying to put it into perspective. There are perverts everywhere. The media just ignores them unless they are religious leaders.
To: pax_et_bonum
They're jealous! Okay that sounds good!! ;-)
To: ValerieUSA
You are a doo-doo head. I collect great quotes.
To: areafiftyone
I was trying to make light of the fact that the Catholics always get singled out for this. If this guy were a Catholic, it would make the NY Times.
To: elwoodp
"Absurd. The age of consent ought to be lowered to 16." Kids are extremely sexually active at 14." What are you smoking?
To: cake_crumb
I'm really tired of resding about men of the cloth being busted for perverted behavior. I'm tired of the church accepting perverts under the guise of "tolerance". Geez, check these guys out. I bet someone knew this guy was a switch-hitter.
To: ValerieUSA
Agreed! Throw the book at him. I hate liars, esp. those who hide or deceive people as ministers, pastors, priests, etc. who lead these hypocritical hidden lives.
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