"Fr. Ivo Da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not deny the facts. I have affirmed that > homosexuality is wrong. Yet the > priests have to be helped. The problem boils down to > what I have said: Let us do something for them...
Fr. Ivo da C.Souza, Parishioners have been doing their level best to help these priests. At first they were not reporting the paedophiles to the civic authorities but, instead, reporting them to the church authorities in the hopes that the church would take the proper action. Instead of doing the right thing, the church decided not to take any action. They still follow this course of action, and I am talking about at the highest level of authority. It's only after victims started suing the paedophiles that the church authorities started to take notice. They took notice only after some parishes had to sell ALL their land and buildings in order to pay for the damages. Here in Toronto, almost every other week, there is a second collection for "the Bishops needs." "The Bishops needs" is usually code for payments to abuse victims. There used to be a time when the second collection was to finance the missionaries. Now it is used to finance those who have left the church. So, in short, I agree with you, we need to do something to help these priests. We could start with the church admitting that it has a problem. Then it has to weed out these paedophiles. Mervyn3.0 ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
