dear oh dear
as a cultural roman catholic dragged up in the 'latin church' i am just old
enough to have learnt mass in latin it is
a thing about power .. there are all these people who have had their
ability to enjoy life robbed from them
and it is not a small number
you have ask why did all these "kiddie fiddlers" join closed communities
that gave them access to innocents
and why if there was an issue they just got moved from parish to parish to
continue in their immature practices
why people have had to live their lives condemned to suffering a guilt
while the persons who violated them continue quite happily protected by the
church
and the status quo
i think that is what people are indignant about
some people are strange and lets say unhealthy but an institution that
would rather protect their abuse upon choir boys than regulate
that behaviour and punish it is just absurd
how anyone can support it is beyond me
i am all for the church as a thing that can bring the community together
but if they would rather turn a blind eye to perpetrators
and predators with in their ranks than admit the lifestyle they offer
attracts those who are deviant
i don't think it is so much that some priests were odd and did awful things
i think it is that they are protected
and their behaviour is hidden and they aren't educated and told that it is
morally wrong to take advantage of a young person
instead of being censored theyaremove to a new parish with lots of fresh
opportunities
and they hope that no one ad heard of their complusions
outside the church they would have had to face up to their 'stuff' and grow
up
i have two thoughts
a. how must it feel to a victim [to be forever unsafe ]
b. and how must it feel to a perpetrator [to be forever safe ]
frankly it is unconscionable
some one said something about it wasn't so bad cause they were adolescents
to my mind that is even worse ...... an adult can destroy any prospect for
a happy life
in one act of self indulgence and to be able to just move on
it is just plain icky
On 03/11/2010 2:02am, [email protected] wrote:
Three of the founders were Catholic, so they couldn't have been too
worried about Catholicism in Canada.
http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html>
Besides, the Continental Congress and the army under George Washington
tried to gain the friendship of Canadian Catholics. Somehow, that doesn't
sound so threatening.
It's more likely that the founders were concerned about the political
affiliation of Canadian Catholics than their religion as you suggest.
But even if the founders were anti-Catholic, that itch you scratch
doesn't bother Catholics that much. They'd probably just pray for you.
> informing you that you are wrong
That doesn't exactly narrow things down.
Three of the founders were Catholic, so they couldn't have been too
worried about Canadian Catholics.
http://www.adherents.com/gov/Founding_Fathers_Religion.html>
In fact, George Washington was intent upon
>
> On 11/2/10 8:44 AM, Francis Drouillard wrote:
> > Other than petty sniping, what is your point?
> >
> > On Nov 1, 2010, at 8:17 PM, M Christol wrote:
> >
> >>>>> Some folks just have to scratch that anti-Catholic itch.
> >>>> Like the founding fathers?
> >>> Most were deeply religious and most were students of Cicero and
Natural Law, neither of which is particularly anti-Catholic.
> >>>
> >> And, yet, they found Canada's Catholic support very threatening.
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