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21 Priests Suspended in Philadelphia
New York Times ^ | March 8, 2011 | Katharine Q. Seelve

Posted on 03/09/2011 6:16:29 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced Tuesday that it had suspended 21 priests from active ministry in connection with accusations that involved sexual abuse or otherwise inappropriate behavior with minors.

The mass suspension was the single-most sweeping in the history of the sexual-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, said Terence McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org, which archives documents from the abuse scandal in dioceses across the country.

The archdiocese’s action follows a damning grand jury report issued Feb. 10 that accused the archdiocese of a widespread cover-up of predatory priests, stretching over decades, and said that as many as 37 priests remained active in the ministry despite credible accusations against them.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: catholicchurch; philadelphia
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
"Is dead." Present tense.

Faith without works is not true faith because it does not display the fruits of the Holy Spirit, which are the good works of Christ within us.

His works.

Beautifully said, Dr. E! Thank you ever so much for your testimony!

201 posted on 03/15/2011 1:29:42 PM PDT by betty boop (Seek truth and beauty together; you will never find them apart. — F. M. Cornford)
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To: betty boop

You’re not nuts.

Children seem to have a special spiritual sensitivity which adults don’t have, or have conditioned themselves out of (so to speak).

I take this account with far more credibility that if it were coming from adults.


202 posted on 03/15/2011 2:15:08 PM PDT by metmom
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To: betty boop

I believe the children had real visitations from Jesus.

Yeah . . . should be listening.

Thx.

Please pray for my health. Chills, aches . . .flu type seems.


203 posted on 03/15/2011 6:34:40 PM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: boatbums

We had homemade, real potato pancakes for dinner Fri nights.

Not fried up, reheated mashed potatoes either.

My favorite meal in the world. With sour cream, too.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Meatless Fridays were no hardship for me.


204 posted on 03/15/2011 7:27:10 PM PDT by metmom
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
How does that relate to this thread and the article above?

In the pipeline, but swamped at work since this is the boss's first day on vacation and we had more orders than usual come in. So far it's been a 12 hour day.
206 posted on 03/16/2011 3:29:45 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Mon, Mar. 21, 2011

“Philly Archdiocese Faces Latest Priest Abuse Suit”

MARYCLAIRE DALE

The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA - “The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing the fourth in a recent string of civil lawsuits over the alleged sexual abuse of children by priests.

Monday’s suit is filed by an Arizona man who says he was abused at Our Lady of Cavalry in Philadelphia from 1988 to 1991.

The former altar boy, identified only as ‘John Doe,’ says the offending priest continued to work around children despite repeated complaints to the archdiocese.”

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20110321_ap_phillyarchdiocesefaceslatestpriestabusesuit.html


207 posted on 03/22/2011 4:22:29 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta; metmom; RnMomof7; Alex Murphy; Gamecock; Quix; presently no screen name; Iscool; ...
“The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is facing the fourth in a recent string of civil lawsuits over the alleged sexual abuse of children by priests.

Monday’s suit is filed by an Arizona man who says he was abused at Our Lady of Cavalry in Philadelphia from 1988 to 1991.

The former altar boy, identified only as ‘John Doe,’ says the offending priest continued to work around children despite repeated complaints to the archdiocese.”

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20110321_ap_phillyarchdiocesefaceslatestpriestabusesuit.html

Astounding. And still this pederast priest scandal doesn't boil over. Still people shake their heads at the complicity of Rome while kneeling in its pews and handing over money to its coffers which ends up paying victims of these protected, promoted and "beloved" pederast priests.

I watched the "60 Minutes" interview with NY's Cardinal Dolan on Sunday. What an incredible glutton. A sloth with food in one hand and a beer in the other.

He looked just like Philip Seymour Hoffman's priest in "Doubt," sitting at the dinner table with the other chortling priests, tearing meat with his hands while telling nasty jokes about women.

208 posted on 03/22/2011 10:53:55 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

It’s good to be king and have your own world
It helps to make friends, it’s good to meet girls
A sweet little queen who can’t run away
It’s good to be king, whatever it pays


209 posted on 03/22/2011 11:02:04 AM PDT by the_conscience (We ought to obey God, rather than men. (Acts 5:29b))
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Sometimes I’ve thought that the Jews have it right on another matter . . .

Rabbis work at their own businesses.

They are still revered probably overmuch as a priestly class . . .

But there’s not quite the same

divorced from the nitty gritties of reality

haughty, hypocritical, prancing, pontificating, political, magicsterical elites . . . rotten to the core . . .


210 posted on 03/22/2011 11:38:56 AM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Quix

The Jewish faith sure does a nice job of getting it right about a lot of things. For just a brief, simple example, I’ve tried to be much better in regard to humanity’s duties regarding treatment of animals. They’re oft a good example to go to.


211 posted on 03/22/2011 11:54:20 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

INDEED.

Though my Christian farmer heritage was a good model, too.


212 posted on 03/22/2011 1:30:33 PM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Quix

Aw sure - farmers are good, salt of the earth people. There’s no bs-ing the soil - you got to get the job done or go hungry. Even then you quickly realize you can only control so much as a mere human - it’s a good, healthy way to grow a view of the world. Curious - what crop(s) did your family grow?


213 posted on 03/22/2011 1:44:17 PM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: the_conscience
Lolol

"It's good to be king,
if just for a while
To be there in velvet,
yeah, to give 'em a smile...

It's good to be king
of your own little town..."

214 posted on 03/22/2011 2:23:21 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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