From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Julia Thompson Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:10 AM Subject: Re: Troll
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > John G. said: > > > Ahem! > > > > Do you mean to say that a Catholic Priest is more likely to commit a > > scandal than any other member of our civilization? > > > > JDG > > I didn't post the original comment.... but: > > I wouldn't say *that*, (it seems too simplistic, generalized and > condemning,) but I would personally like to know why it is that so darn > many of them seem to be accused of the same horrific crime lately. It > strains credulity that so many accusers are lying. And even if they > are... to what end? > I wasn't under the impression that it was all that many, but that any > single priest with that bent was more likely to have gotten away with > many instances in the past, and now that it's being talked about, a fair > number of victims are coming out all at once. You could be right, perhaps it's the quantity of alleged victims and not alleged pedophile priests that are coming forward these days that makes it seem somewhat epidemic. > Knowing what I know now, if my kid came home saying that a priest had > molested him, my first call would be to the police, not that priest's > supervising bishop. Yet if the supervising Bishop or Cardinal takes action (or inaction) that condones such behavior (as Cardinal Law is accused of doing in Boston,) then the message the Church sends is horrifying. :-( Jon
