[caww]

I have not revealed my church affiliation with a purpose to that and I wouldn’t encourage others to do so. Catholics wouldn’t need to because we generally can tell just by the dialogue...and you can tell those who are not catholic equally as much. But if people were harping on me to reveal this I would certainly not reveal and wonder why this is such an issue for those doing so.

I’ve not responded to your statics because I don’t put allot of weight into those. The fact is we agree no matter where the abuse occurs..it should be acted on immediately...right?

[metmom]

1 Corinthians 5:9-13 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. "Purge the evil person from among you."

The Catholic church is clearly in the wrong here. It is being disobedient to Scripture among the clergy, and any Catholics who place themselves under that authority are being disobedient as well.

That account you gave in post 1,241, shows the disobedience to Scriptural mandate by a whole congregation. And Catholics wonder why people don't want to go back after they leave.