[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.

[caww]

Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside.

This is exactly speaking to the leadership and the leity. They have been given the authority to judge and remove those Priests from the church....when that does not happen swiftly then the whole body suffers. In the homosexual issue it's become malignant because that judgement was not made for so many years. Therefore God made it fully public on an international scale. "Be sure your sin will find you out"