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To: saradippity
No I am worried about the what the unbelievers say .......Child abuse is not only an issue in RC churches..we recently had lay minister arrested for molesting a young girl

I do think the homosexuality part in the RC church is driven by the church rule on marriage of priests..

There are some gay men that think it is a good hiding place.No one questions a single 40 year old priest

I have shared before on this forum that some years ago I introduced a young man that was fatherless and had an alcoholic mom over to a Catholic priest, I encouraged the relationship. I knew this priest from work..a year or so later the young man (13) attempted to hang himself on Christmas eve

My family had kind of "adopted" him..we could not understand the why of it and the young man never said. A couple years later it came to light that the priest was sexually abusing young men...I had introduced this kid to him..encouraged him to go to spend time with him (The "gifts " from the priest never tipped me off)

That kid could have died and it would have been MY fault..I want this issue solved..I want to be able to believe that priests are safe..that ministers are safe..that is my goal..

BTW My info on marriage in the church at one time is good (given to me by a friend that is a Catholic nun and historian)...The conflict over inheritance in Spain started the policy that we see now

Sar ..some of the holiest men I know are married..God created sex and he said everything he created was "good".

145 posted on 03/23/2002 9:47:16 AM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
Well,thats an awful story and I am sure our emotional reactions to it are similar. However,my remedy is/would have been to stay in the Church and fight. I will probably always be opposed to relaxing the celibacy discipline but I know that it would definitely be wrong to do in this present battle.

You're a nurse,let me try a different analogy.How many good doctors would operate or set a bone under anesthesia if the patient was a surgical risk because of a preexisting grave condition or a simultaneously occurring graver injury? Thats where the Church is now. It cannot handle another assault against the body until it is healthier. It must be cleansed first.

I know it will survive and I hope we in the United States will see that blossoming.It will be purer,poorer and stronger,so why not come back and fight with us? You're a fighter.

165 posted on 03/23/2002 10:10:20 AM PST by saradippity
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