Yeah, but that was just a "long weekend". But I see a clear difference here.
There is _nothing_ I heard during the voluminous coverage of these cases where it was said that it was OK with the teachings to do it. Quite the opposite in fact. It was so "taboo" that it was ignored rather than talked about. Homosexuality is a sin. Child rape is a sin. But those who committed the crimes were obviously sinners. What do you do about that? Well, since the Church is inherently evil, it made sure that the health and good name of the church was the most important factor. So hushed it up. And since the people doing it were "good souls", but disturbed, and forgiveness just a confession away, you can't hold it against people. And when the "lay peeps" got the facts, they rose up against the leadership, and told them to do something about it. And there were _plenty_ of people railing against it the whole time. On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > More than 1000 names of molestation victims on a list provided to Benedict > and that was just in the Boston Archdiocese. 4000 priests accussed to > sexual > abuse. > http://www.usatoday.com/news/topstories/2008-04-17-2230548870_x.htm > > > They do. By far. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288829 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
