Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:01 PM, dilip dacruz <[email protected]>wrote:
> > the counselling work we are about to begin is great but it's the second > stage not the first. *The first thing we need is an independent way for > victims to make contact without fear and prejudice*. That in itself will > solve half the problem because inappropriate authority is undermined. > > > It is happening, maybe not as much as we would like it to .But children are > beginning to trust counsellors and seek help.There is an increasing > awareness that abuse should not be tolerated or kept in the closet.Talks and > awareness programmes in schools help and they are told whom to approach > > Yvonne > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 21:55:53 -0700 > From: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Fw: Your Priests Need Your Prayers > To: [email protected] > > No priest is above the state law, he is subjected to the same law of the > land where he lives just like all other residents, unless he is there as a > diplomat with immunity. > > The civil authorities can charge and penalise him for any civil/criminal > activity, from a speeding/parking ticket right upto murder. > > Quentin > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Patricia Nazareth <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thu, May 20, 2010 8:26:56 PM > *Subject:* Re: [SALIGAONET] Fw: Your Priests Need Your Prayers > > > - > Unlike other members of society who can be tried and found/not found > guilty, no criminal or civil charges can be pressed against priests. I'm > not aware of any recent changes to this. This is what is making everyone > so > mad. I am all for the vote that priests should be tried just like everyone > else. What makes them so different from the rest of us that they should be > considered above the law?! And, of course, if found guilty, should be > subjected to the same punishments that anyone else (who does not have the > privilege of being a priest) would be subjected to. > > > > -- > This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en > Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it > now.<https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> > > -- > This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en > Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! > -- What the caterpillar calls the end, the master calls a butterfly Richard Bach -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
