‘We did not know that child abuse was a crime’ Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad
Catholic Archbishop Rembert G Weakland: Accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or they would ‘grow out of it’.
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Posted: 6 months ago by joeyneutrino:
What he seems to be suggesting is that if only it was known to be illegal, a stop would've been put to it in a timely manner. This is rather curious sounding- if it's against the laws of Wisconsin, then it requires prompt action. If it's only against the holy laws of the Almighty, then it can be shrugged off.
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Posted: 6 months ago by kidsizedcoffin:
If only he had some kind of book on which to base his morality...
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Posted: 6 months ago by equinox:
Uh.. So being coerced and forced to participate in same-sex sexual behavior as a minor by a trusted authority figure is A-OK, everyone will be fine if they just learn to forget about it.. vs.. consensual sex between two loving, but not married adults, is shameful, disgusting, sinful and will damn you to hell?
Really, it's no wonder Catholicism baffles me.
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Posted: 6 months ago by lynxears:
« equinox : Uh.. So being coerced and forced to participate in same-sex sexual behavior as a minor by a trusted authority figure is A-OK, everyone will be fine if they just learn to forget about it.. vs.. consensual sex between two loving, but not married adults, is shameful, disgusting, sinful and will damn you to hell?
Really, it's no wonder Catholicism baffles me. If it's same-sex and with minors, you can't have any sinful babies!*
*Sinful babies not allowed. Babies from marriages required.
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Posted: 6 months ago by bornbad:
« lynxears : If it's same-sex and with minors, you can't have any sinful babies!*
*Sinful babies not allowed. Babies from marriages required. Some great comments!
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Posted: 6 months ago by murtysanchez:
At least these two had "conventional" (but not in the eyes of their church) relationships with adult women. And had hidden children. And only one of them embezzled their local church donations to support their family...
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Posted: 6 months ago by sandera1010:
spam edited by josh
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