Paddy @15 says to me, “I wish you would just stop this now.” Fair enough to say how you feel, but it gets us not a bit further unless the specific points I proposed are answered. Neither Ben@6 nor
#11, #14 - I wrote: “And so we get again the straw-clutching implication that the diocesan policy of reassignment of erring priests might have arisen from unknown advice given by psychiatrists and
I live with an 86 year old cradle Catholic who angrily asks,"Has the Church ever apologised for teaching small children that almost everything was a mortal sin?" Aged 6, she ate a sugar mouse on Chri
Padraig @ 14, this is the topic I've elaborated on. Is the Crimine Solicitationies document criminally punishable? Could the Vatican be liable? Is there one other institution or organization out th
Looking up van der Kolk's book on Amazon, his account of "Julian" seems a classic instance of induced FALSE memory to me. See p. 172 of the book at http://www.amazon.com/The-Body-Keeps-Score-Healing/d
Joe@10, you are forever going on about Fr.Shawm Ratigan and the very severe sentence he got for taking photos of the little girls and, given that murderers get only 20 years, you probably have a point
Kevin Walters refers to "the fundamental sin of a Culture of Cover Up within the Church." I have little doubt that this has occurred in the Church, as it does in many other organisations where their r
The Shanley case is not contested except by Shanley, who had participated in a group that says love between adult and juvenile males is desirable. Shanley himself admitted to abusing at least 9 childr
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The fictional IMAGE of priests in 99% of films is that of good holy men serving God this Image re-enacted in proud hearts endorsed by a docile/proud (self-serving) laity has produced a
It baffles me that Seán O'Conaill (@9) could have so totally missed the primary focus of what I wrote above. I wrote that the film is worth seeing. The movie can speak for itself.
If we are to see th
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February 8 2016Paddy @15 says to me, “I wish you would just stop this now.” Fair enough to say how you feel, but it gets us not a bit further unless the specific points I proposed are answered. Neither Ben@6 nor
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February 8 2016#11, #14 - I wrote: “And so we get again the straw-clutching implication that the diocesan policy of reassignment of erring priests might have arisen from unknown advice given by psychiatrists and
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February 12 2016I live with an 86 year old cradle Catholic who angrily asks,"Has the Church ever apologised for teaching small children that almost everything was a mortal sin?" Aged 6, she ate a sugar mouse on Chri
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February 8 2016Padraig @ 14, this is the topic I've elaborated on. Is the Crimine Solicitationies document criminally punishable? Could the Vatican be liable? Is there one other institution or organization out th
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February 8 2016Looking up van der Kolk's book on Amazon, his account of "Julian" seems a classic instance of induced FALSE memory to me. See p. 172 of the book at http://www.amazon.com/The-Body-Keeps-Score-Healing/d
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February 8 2016Joe@10, you are forever going on about Fr.Shawm Ratigan and the very severe sentence he got for taking photos of the little girls and, given that murderers get only 20 years, you probably have a point
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February 8 2016Kevin Walters refers to "the fundamental sin of a Culture of Cover Up within the Church." I have little doubt that this has occurred in the Church, as it does in many other organisations where their r
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February 8 2016The Shanley case is not contested except by Shanley, who had participated in a group that says love between adult and juvenile males is desirable. Shanley himself admitted to abusing at least 9 childr
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February 8 2016Joe O'Leary @10 The fictional IMAGE of priests in 99% of films is that of good holy men serving God this Image re-enacted in proud hearts endorsed by a docile/proud (self-serving) laity has produced a
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February 8 2016It baffles me that Seán O'Conaill (@9) could have so totally missed the primary focus of what I wrote above. I wrote that the film is worth seeing. The movie can speak for itself. If we are to see th
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