Re: [Goanet] Defrocked Priests

2014-01-22 Thread Tim de Mello
. Tim de Mello Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:13:45 -0500 From: roland.fran...@ymail.com To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Defrocked Priests The recent news that Benedict has defrocked 387 priests in the past two years is another shocking episode in the never-ending Catholic Church

Re: [Goanet] Defrocked Priests

2014-01-22 Thread J. Colaco jc
On 22 January 2014 11:53, Tim de Mello timdemel...@hotmail.com wrote: Defrocking priests involved in pedophilia is not sufficient. They comitted criminal offences and need to be tried and punished accordingly. Canon Law just shields these priests from public prosecution. COMMENT: NONSENSE !

[Goanet] Defrocked Priests

2014-01-18 Thread roland.francis
The recent news that Benedict has defrocked 387 priests in the past two years is another shocking episode in the never-ending Catholic Church saga. The figure is much higher if you read the ABC news link shown below that outlines the procedure that has allowed many more to slip through the