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To: lastchance; Turtlepower
You managed to cherry pick what I wrote to lead people to believe I do not condemn abuse.

Not at all. We can all read how you tag every criticism of anything Roman Catholic with the caveat that everyone else is doing it, too.

623 posted on 03/27/2011 7:17:30 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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To: Dr. Eckleburg

No everyone is not doing it. Every Catholic is not doing it. The sexual abuse of children is a problem no matter where it occurs. That is what I am saying. That it happens elsewhere does not make it less wrong when a priest does it. In fact his guilt (in my opinion) is greater since he knows Catholic moral teaching and therefore is without excuse.

My criticism is for those who try to paint abuse as a “catholic” problem stemming from Catholic beliefs. I would agree it did and certainly can stem from a Catholic culture that put too much trust in priests as men and not just in the office of the priesthood. But that is true of any person who uses a position of authority to prey on victims.


739 posted on 03/27/2011 11:42:45 PM PDT by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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