On 13 May, 13:13, Devils Advocaat <
mankygo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13 May, 00:42, J <
jdyou...@ymail.com> wrote:
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> > Bill Donohue comments on the 2012 Annual Report by the United States
> > Conference of Catholic Bishops on the subject of sexual abuse:
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> > The survey, done by an institute at Georgetown University, shows how
> > utterly absurd it is to maintain that the Catholic Church continues to
> > have a problem with priestly sexual abuse. Of the nearly 40,000
> > priests in the U.S., there were 34 allegations made by minors last
> > year (32 priests, two deacons): six were deemed credible by law
> > enforcement; 12 were either unfounded or unable to be proven; one was
> > a boundary violation ; and 15 are still being probed. Moreover, in
> > every case brought to the attention of the bishops or heads of
> > religious orders, the civil authorities were notified.
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> > Not counting those of unknown status, in 88 percent of the total
> > number of cases (independent of when they allegedly occurred), the
> > accused priest is either deceased, has been dismissed from ministry,
> > or has been laicized.
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> > Most of the allegations reported to church officials today have
> > nothing to do with current cases: two-thirds date back to the 1960s,
> > 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. As usual, the problem is not
> > pedophilia: 19 percent of the allegations involving those who work in
> > dioceses or eparchies, and 7 percent of religious order priests and
> > deacons, involve pedophilia. In other words, the problem remains what
> > it has always been an issue involving homosexual priests (85 percent
> > of the victims were male).
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> > Anyone who knows of any religious, or secular, organization that has
> > less of a problem with the sexual abuse of minors these days should
> > contact the Catholic League. We d love to match numbers.
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> > One more thing: since nearly 100 percent of our priests did not have a
> > credible allegation made against him last year, this should be picked
> > up by the media. But it won t be. Look for the story to get buried.
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> > J Young
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jdyou...@ymail.com
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> > Honesty. Decency. Integrity
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> Open your eyes.
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> There have been incidents.
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> That in itself is a crisis.
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> Priests should abstain.
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> It's in the rules.
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> Those who can't.
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> Should leave.
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> Hand themselves to the police.
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> Admit their crime.
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> And accept due punishment.
Hmm, no answer, I wonder why?