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One Reason that Abuse Accusations are as Few as They are …
… is this approach to addressing them. The article calls him a “former … priest” and “ex-priest,” but that’s not really possible. He’s presumably not serving in his capacity as priest, however. Apparently, he will be in jail for the next 15 years. The full story of his abuse and the Roman hierarchy’s actions in…
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Sex Abuse Scandals and the Roman Communion
Another case of a sex abusing priest who was shuffled off to another parish without the police being alerted was recently report (link to story)(Updated link provided by a diligent reader). There are doubtless some people who will be glad to learn that this abuser was neither a pedophile nor a homosexual (though the priest’s…
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Vatican’s Response to Cloyne Report
The Vatican’s response to the Cloyne Report was disturbing on a number of levels. It was disturbing in that it treated the problem of sexual abuse as though it were merely a problem in the Cloyne diocese. One interesting claim in the Vatican’s response was this: Since the early days of the Irish State and…
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>One Year Apologize …
>… the next year, refuse to accept the resignation of the bishops (link to source). No wait – that wasn’t last year that he apologized, it was less than six months ago (link to source). “You have suffered grievously and I am truly sorry. I know that nothing can undo the wrong you have endured.…
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An Argument for Fallibility, not Against Infallibility
Yes, while in Malta the pope himself fell asleep during Mass (link to report – caution, some of the advertisements do not comply with Reformation principles of modesty). This doesn’t, in itself, prove that the pope is fallible. It’s certainly not a disproof of infallibility. It is just more evidence that he’s a normal human…
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Roman Catholic Spin Machine
Here’s the latest attempt to try to spin the clerical celibacy/sexal abuse scandal issue: (link). One of the particularly odd attempts at spin was this: The Times continues to editorialize about the “pedophilia crisis,” when all along it’s been a homosexual crisis. Eighty percent of the victims of priestly sexual abuse are male and most…
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Another Consequence of Forbidding Marriage to Clergy
We have previously noted that one consequence of forbidding marriage to clergy is that one gets a higher ratio of homosexual clergyman (link to brief discussion). Another consequence is that priests do to nuns the kinds of things that Maria Monk reported (link to Vatican’s acknowledgment that this happens). The report makes Steve Hays’ satire…
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Bellisario Providing Example of Mistakes to Avoid
How not to argue for Roman Catholicism – an example from Mr. Matthew Bellisario (link). Here are a few tips to avoid Mr. Bellisario’s mistakes (with a video presentation of the 10 points below): 10) If you’re going to cite statistics, don’t cite statistics that actually show Roman Catholic sexual abuse at about twice the…