Mason opened this issue on Jun 26, 2002 ยท 32 posts
ChuckEvans posted Thu, 27 June 2002 at 6:56 AM
Barberellany, I'm not sure my statement about Catholic pedophiles was extensive enough to be taken out of context. It was one sentence. However, I can expand on it so that you may at least see what it specifically was that made it maddening to me. (1) That Catholic powers moved known pedophiles to other locations when "caught". (2) That these same decision-makers finally met under severe public pressure (and only after severe public pressure) to decide what to do with "their pedophiles" and actually, initially, leaned toward a "you get one mistake" policy (till more public outrage followed). (3) That child molestation occurred and the Catholic church, IMHO, harbored criminals, in essence, being more concerned about sweeping it under the rug than following the law. (4) That the federal government, IMHO, concerned about "rough-riding" the powerful Catholic church decided on a "hands-off" approach. As to your statistics, if I understand them correctly, are you saying about 1 out of every 12 teachers is a pedophile? Are you saying 1 out of every 12 teachers has molested a child? I'd be interested in seeing that fact from some sort of reliable source if you have it handy. I won't argue that there is more molesting going on in the Catholic church than our schools. What is maddening is the incredible hypocracy of the priests...holding out one hand as if it's the hand of Jesus while running the other hand down underwear of young children. It's maddening because they preach about how everyone should act and conduct their lives in the eyes of God at mass. I guess what I'm trying to say, although lacking articulation, it's maddening because they should be held to a higher standard than school teachers, therfore, IMHO, it just seems worse to me. I suspect this has gotten off-topic a bit, but to segue back on topic, I guess the proposed law, CGI child pornography, is intended, among other things, to help prevent Catholic priests from getting the urges...grin.