Fred,
The issue is not that of belief or atheism or prosecution or conviction-it is
the facts and how a religious authority deals with the facts,when
gross transgressions are known to it.The same authority that seeks to deny pro
choice protagonists,their holy communion was some how silent and aquiesced in
condoning serial sex abusers of children,the right to receive and give
communion.And protagonists of the Death Penalty in the US are also ignored in
terms of communion restrictions.
The Boston Archdiocese is a prime example in the US.They sought to deny the
Kennedy's communion,while ignoring the transgressions of Cardinal Law and
several priests in terms of child abuse,until the law forced their hand,
and the same Cardinal Law now sits in the Vatican in a senior position.
Contemporary Religion is interpretation of holy scriptures by flawed humans-and
therein lies the problem in every religion.
Regards
Vasant
