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Pope Francis to investigate 'playboy priests' who posed naked online in scandal-hit disocese
The Telegraph ^ | 10/23/2015 | Nick Squires

Posted on 10/23/2014 3:20:58 PM PDT by Gamecock

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1 posted on 10/23/2014 3:20:58 PM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
I have my suspicions about Frances.

Spelling intentional.

2 posted on 10/23/2014 3:23:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: Gamecock

Classy


3 posted on 10/23/2014 3:27:06 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Gamecock

FR Catholic defenders (the Vatican version of CAIR) who will say this is an isolated incident and not reflective of true Catholicism arriving in 3... 2... 1...


4 posted on 10/23/2014 3:30:34 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Gamecock

Either the Church aggressively purges homosexuals from the clergy and ends the portal of mandatory clerical celibacy, the molestation of young boys by vile homosexual priests will continue and the people will lose faith. Sorry but if you accept a position in the hierarchy your job is in fact to be judgmental and take action.


5 posted on 10/23/2014 3:36:28 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Gamecock

Come on, Pope-dude, that’s so not hip. I mean, they might want to get married in a multi-partner-species relationship, and the church needs to get with the times.


7 posted on 10/23/2014 3:38:50 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'M WITH CRUZ!)
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To: Alex Murphy; metmom

Man, those Catholics are a wild and crazy crowd!


8 posted on 10/23/2014 3:40:40 PM PDT by Gamecock (USA, Ret.)
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To: Gamecock

In before the FRomans who try to minimize this by claiming the rate of Protestant pastors posing naked online is greater...


9 posted on 10/23/2014 3:44:01 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "I didn't leave the Central Oligarchy Party. It left me." - Ronaldus Maximus)
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To: Gamecock

Will they be de frocked for being de frocked?


10 posted on 10/23/2014 3:49:09 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: Gamecock

“A scandal-ridden Catholic diocese in Italy where priests posted naked photos of themselves on gay websites, raided church coffers and sexually harassed parishioners is to be investigated by a special envoy to Pope Francis.”

This is just a battle of factions. Like with the mob,
someone is moving in on Francis the popes territory.
After all, all he’s going to do is forgive them anyway.


11 posted on 10/23/2014 4:01:30 PM PDT by Slambat
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To: Gamecock

A friend of mine just returned from overseas from being in the Dominican.

I said something to him about the number of people converting from Catholicism to Evangelical churches and he asked me if I knew why.

What he found out while down there is that the priest abusing parishioners, particularly boys, is so much worse down there than it is here. The people have finally had it with the situation. They are not putting up with it any more and are leaving, voting with their feet as it were.


12 posted on 10/23/2014 4:19:40 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: John123; Dr. Thorne

And Dr. T is not disappointed.......


13 posted on 10/23/2014 4:21:37 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Gamecock
where priests posted naked photos of themselves on gay websites

"We must get to the bottom of this."

14 posted on 10/23/2014 4:22:20 PM PDT by Lee N. Field ("I don't care if there's a billion of you. You're in a cult.")
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To: Gamecock

Fire the lot of them. “Defrocking” seems the wrong word, under the circumstances.


15 posted on 10/23/2014 4:23:39 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Dr. Thorne

LOL


16 posted on 10/23/2014 4:25:11 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: Gamecock

Who is he to judge?


17 posted on 10/23/2014 4:41:03 PM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: icwhatudo

lol

did he finally find something he can call a sin??


18 posted on 10/23/2014 4:51:34 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Slambat
After all, all he’s going to do is forgive them anyway.

And value their gifts?

19 posted on 10/23/2014 5:13:30 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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To: Gamecock

This is what happens when you try to help “black sheep”. Some improve, some do not. Our Christian sensibilities from Jesus’ example tell us to try. Scandal can arise - the proverbial “no good deed goes unpunished” “mess”.

OK, so root these guys out and toss them in the clink. You have to try to help “black sheep” but all the same, due to their higher risk, the good bishop should have likewise monitored them much more closely and toughly...as you would a troubled teen in your loving foster home.


20 posted on 10/23/2014 5:17:16 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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