I'm not Roman Catholic. My Church's priests are generally married
which eliminates the problem of sexual deviants entering the
priesthood, a problem with the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, it's a
tribute of Roman Catholicism that, despite attracting so many people
with sexual problems due to the celibacy requirement, the incidence of
molestation or improper sexual conduct is no higher than among, for
example, (secular) school teachers or openly gay US congressmen from
Florida.

Your posts on Orthodoxy are good...

regards,

BM


captain. wrote:

i thought you were orthodox. if i knew you were catholic i would not
have
posted about those orthodox churches reopening. no wonder you weren't
interested.

"The Black Monk" <ch.mon@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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So is this slander of Bishop Nichols or of Ratzinger?

At any rate, if this person is indeed a "gay pedophile" he should move
to Quebec, where he will be welcomed with open arms and integrated into
the community, like Karla Homolka was. Only the Quebecois can truly
appreciate such people. I'll bet that Belgian monster who kept those
children in his dungeon has already received his landed status on
behalf of the province of Quebec. Quebec is a sort of refuge for such
people. America takes in many of the world's engineers and scientists,
as well as hard-working third world poor hoping for a better life.
Quebec accepts pedophiles or murderers:

http://www.canadiancrc.com/articles/Chronicle_Herald_Homolka_finds_sympathy_06JUL05.htm


BM



KvekIT wrote:

"The document, called "Crimen Sollicitationis", imposes an oath of
secrecy on the child victim, the priest dealing with the allegation
and
any witness.

Breaking that oath would result in excommunication, the BBC said.

"The procedure was intended to protect a priest's reputation until the
Church had investigated, but in practice it can offer a blueprint for
cover-up," the documentary said.

"The man in charge of enforcing it for 20 years was Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, the man made pope last year," reporter Colm O'Gorman said
in
the programme Sex Crimes and the Vatican. "

...

"Bishop Nichols' said the original document was concerned not directly
with child abuse, but with the abuse of the confessional by a priest
to
silence his victim.

The document was revised in 2001 to deal more specifically with sex
abuse cases but still remained secret. "

...

"The BBC said in a statement: "The protection of children is clearly
an
issue of the strongest public interest. "



http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2007043,00.html