To: Between the Lines
One of the largest settlements to date in Protestant churches involved the case of former Lutheran minister Gerald Patrick Thomas Jr. in Texas, where a jury several years ago awarded the minister's victims nearly $37 million. Separate earlier settlements involving Thomas cost an additional $32 million. No kidding! And the New York Times was ... silent. And the Washington Post was ... silent. CNN was ... silent. ABCCBSNBC was ... silent.
"We believe that the Scripture teaches that the church should be an autonomous, independent organization," Page said. "We encourage churches to hold accountable at the local level those who may have misused the trust of precious children and youth."
Fascinating.
3 posted on
06/15/2007 6:20:53 AM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
10 posted on
06/15/2007 6:44:00 AM PDT by
Between the Lines
(I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations.)
To: ArrogantBustard; Between the Lines
No kidding! And the New York Times was ... silent. And the Washington Post was ... silent. CNN was ... silent. ABCCBSNBC was ... silent.
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60 posted on
06/15/2007 1:19:40 PM PDT by
OLD REGGIE
(I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian? Let me be perfectly clear. I know nothing.)
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