[sockmonkey]

Some critics have blamed current programs of seminary formation for the flawed priests we hear about today. It’s argued that because of the shortage of priests, bishops are willing to ordain defective candidates.

Willing to ordain defective candidates? In the Archdiocese of San Antonio where I reside, Archbishop Flores told the Director of Admissions of Assumption Seminary to ignore the negative info from the Bishop of Oaxaca, MX regarding a Seminarian he wanted admitted. He did ignore the warnings, and the Seminarian, Xavier Ortiz-Dietz, who had been kicked out of the Seminary in Oaxaca for Pedophilia came to the US. The letter Archbishop Flores wrote the Seminarian telling him to get here asap is an indictment in itself. If that wasn't bad enough, he was ordained a Priest, molested something like 40 boys, and the Archbishop tried to buy their families' silence with big fat checks.

Sounds more like recruitment, than just ignoring these perverts.

And while I'm on my soapbox, I watched Fr. Mitch Pacwa, and Fr. Angelus Shaughnessy on Mother Angelica Live talking about this..I was not only disappointed, I was angered. When are Priests who aren't pedophiles, going to speak out forcefully about these criminal Priests, and the criminal Bishops who covered up their crimes? Thank God my Priest tells it like it is, and always has.

[american colleen]

And while I'm on my soapbox, I watched Fr. Mitch Pacwa, and Fr. Angelus Shaughnessy on Mother Angelica Live talking about this..I was not only disappointed, I was angered. When are Priests who aren't pedophiles, going to speak out forcefully about these criminal Priests, and the criminal Bishops who covered up their crimes?

You should have said "When are the Priests who aren't homosexuals, going to speak out forcefully about these criminal priests, and the criminal Bishops who covered up their crimes?"

I think homosexuality and pedohilia are two different things. Apparently, most of the victims were over 12 or 13 and almost all male.

Wish I saw Fr. Mitch Pacwa and Fr. Angelus Shaughnessy on the show. Did they address the homosexual problem among the clergy at all? For them, maybe it will take some time to forcefully speak out... this evil is so very devastating to all Catholics (goes without saying especially the victims and their families), imagine what it must be like for those in the rank and file priesthood?

I think I've had enough today, it must be time to say prayers and leave it alone for a while. I watched the press conference regarding the arrest of Fr. Shanley in my bedroom and I looked up to the crucifix with the agonized face of Jesus. I cannot imagine his sorrow. What we humans do to him!