On 25 June 2011 19:18, SOTER <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gabe asked: > "Is it the norm in Goa - that priests take young girls to their bedroom for > confession, as alleged at the onset? Goa stinks from the top up, to bottom > down, how conveniently he got a plum overseas posting - paid in hard > currency - albeit the Rupee is getting there as well." > > Comment: > We will have to ask the girls. Really shocking to imagine the level of > Gabe's fantasy. > Such sweeping allegations are unfortunate. Why do we not talk of priests > who have brought back smiles on so many faces. Are the lay catholics in Goa > any better when it comes to their conduct with women? If Goa does have > priests who have a problem with women it is reflective of the value systems > in Goan society. Do lay people not succumb to sexual temptations? > Let us first take a good look at ourselves before we embark upon removing > the log in anothers eye. This is the teaching of Jesus for his followers. Or > else it will be like the as corrupt BJP pointing fingers at the Congress. > > -Soter D. > RESPONSE: Soter you are going from the sublime to the ridiculous; we expect better, much better from our clergy than we do from lay Catholics. I have had some interaction with priests in Goa and my opinion of them is zilch. Enough said!
I trust Aires's response to Wilson Soares satisfies your thought process. I thought I had made myself abundantly clear, that priests do not as a matter of course, take young girls to their bedroom for confession; surprised that you did not follow the gist of what I was implying. The priest was way out of order and common sense should make us see reason - this is not a case of - give him the benefit of doubt. If this had happened to my sister when we were young, my father would have put a hole in the man's head. My father was known as Bomboimkar Menezes and his reputation preceded him, in Nairobi, Kenya. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
