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Dear Selma: You are giving a mischiveous twist to otherwise valid statements Please show us all who lumped all catholic priests together as pedophiles? Is it not a FACT that the catholic church has almost spent a BILLION dollars to buy the silence of innocent children who were sexually abused by roman catholic priests for years? In fact some churches had to declare bankruptcy on this account WHY did the Pope in May 2004 give a prestigious position to former Archbishop of Boston, accused of covering up the activities of paedophile priests and forced to resign. Cardinal Bernard Law was appointed Archpriest of the St Mary Major basilica, the third most illustrious place of worship in Rome. Is it not a FACT that in May 2001, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and later elected Pope Benedict XVI on the death of his predecessor, sent a letter to all Catholic Bishops declaring that the Church's investigations into claims of child sex abuse were subject to the pontifical secret and were not to be reported to law enforcement until investigations were completed, on pain of excommunication?? Is it not a FACT that these sex predators were routinely shifted from parish to parish rather than let the law take its course? Please refrain from trying to provoke hostilities here by making it a hindu christao issue. You have urself routinely villified registered political parties in india like the BJP as poison and all.. If i were you (i presume u are a roman catholic) i would be ashamed to be a member of a organisation ( not religion) that allowed sex predators molest young children and then intimidated and bribed victims to deny justice and paid them money which was collected for some noble purpose from an unsuspecting public Regards C A Bhandare ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
