The difference here, of course, is that we are
talking about priests, who presumably are a moral notch above the general population.
In all your
complaints about some priests (while overlooking the amazing greatness of the many saints... more than any other religion) do you pray for them?
In terms of «corruption» or the kind of rhetoric we have
here about priests and dogma it's frankly quite weak.
Baron wants to sue the Church in order to lift the seal on documents stating the Catholic Church knew
about priests who were abusing kids.
There has been nothing quite so shattering as the endless parade of headlines
about priests abusing children.
The recent scandal
about some priests molesting altar boys and nothing being done about it, is just another nail in the coffin of Catholicism.
A New York Times report recently found Ratzinger guilty of ignoring explicate warnings
about a priest in Wisconsin who was accused of abusing up to 200 deaf children over decades.
It was the Catholic Church that decided he shouldn't have been married, so they could say that priests shouldn't be married — so they could claim all their assets and not
worry about any priests» heirs popping up and claiming their worldly goods.
Lennon and Garant's Vatican priests mostly do boring improvisational bits in bad accents, with scenes of them going to strip clubs that show how
jokes about priests doing unholy things haven't been funny or relevant in decades.
For instance, when the whole «priests and pedophilia» media debacle happened, newspapers could not factually claim that priests are at an increased risk of being pedophiles (because the reverse is actually true), so instead, they would pair stories
about priests with unrelated generic articles about pedophilia in the front page.
The thugs don't
care about this priest... they will wait until he goes away and continue robbing and raping at will.
They seem to be
mostly about priest abusing little boys, Westboro Baptists saying God hates the families of fallen soldiers, politicians deciding that women now need two (not just one) unnecessary medical procedure before they can be allowed to make decisions about their bodies, and Christians telling couples who want to legally commit their lives to each other that they aren't allowed to do that.
So glad to here something positive about a priest
His
statements about priest and king being bound to the land and the people ultimately point back toward a view that sees social and moral responsibility for the common welfare as stemming from a prior relational view of human persons.
Leslie, I don't doubt AT ALL that virtually every Catholic that
hears about their priests abusing children is sickened by the news.
You're talking
about a priest from the middle age sthat did nt know anything about modern cosmology.
The comment I
made about the priest tuckin'the little ones in, would have been much funnier if you imagined an Irish brogue as you read it... Never mind.
if 5 percent are peds... then reduce the priesthood by 5 % and increase the prison population by the same amout... broad brushed
comments about priests?
So, after thinking for
years about this priest abuse issue, I arrived to one simple conclusion: DEATH PENALTY FOR REGULAR CHILD MOLESTERS.
What does this
say about priests who steadfastly avoid having a spiritual relationship with Our Lady?
If the scandal is
chiefly about priests fiddling with boys, why would more democracy in church government be the solution?
The danger is that these proposed reforms, instead of being debated on their own merits, may now be driven by seriously distorted media» generated
assumptions about priests, bishops, and sexual abuse.»
Mary Gordon's disclaimers finally give way to her
admission about priests and nuns: «Nevertheless I can't quite give up what they stand for.»
comment, but failed to mention that Francis was
speaking about a priest who had sinned, and was already in the process of reconciling himself with God.
There is something so unbelievably
scary about this priests last sentences: «What we truly need is what little children need.
This year, though, the Child Victims Act is receiving heightened attention from the «Spotlight» movie — which is
about the priest sexual - abuse scandal in Boston — and an unrelenting campaign for the legislation by the Daily News, which has featured Farrell's story.
On the eve of the holiest week in the Catholic church, Bishop Richard J. Malone has issued a
video about the priest abuse scandal in the Buffalo Diocese.
So - so Disney
comedy about priest Edward Herrmann and his squad of volunteer cops led by Barbara Harris.
KEEPING THE FAITH This romantic come
dy about a priest and a rabbi in love with the same woman, the directorial debut of Edward Norton, is lik able and contains charming performances.
The films are Christine Vachon's «A Man In Your Room» (1984),
about a priest haunted by his desire for an impish young man and Haynes» first film «Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud» (1985), which depicts the poet as a homosexual outlaw.
The Exorcist, while being one of the scariest films of all time, is
ultimately about a priest's crisis of faith, guilt, and ability to fight a very personal spiritual battle.
Baron was the one who got the ball rolling when he realized that there could be more to a recent Globe
article about a priest who'd molested children.
Thirst (R for graphic violence, disturbing images, nudity, graphic sexuality and violence) Horror
flick about a priest (Kang - ho sang) who is accidentally turned into a vampire after a medical procedure goes horribly wrong.