tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post6990293830901162855..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Enablement NetworkRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-6101748884131584562011-11-17T18:21:24.016-05:002011-11-17T18:21:24.016-05:00That should be "Hi Bnonn" :-)
Fingers o...That should be "Hi Bnonn" :-)<br /><br />Fingers on the wrong keys.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-48111844765477901602011-11-17T17:29:09.575-05:002011-11-17T17:29:09.575-05:00Jo Bmpmm. Ratzinger, Law, etc. are beyond the limi...Jo Bmpmm. <a href="http://screwedus.com/tag/cardinal-bernard-law/" rel="nofollow">Ratzinger, Law, etc.</a> are beyond the limits of most sovereign countries who want to talk to them. <br /><br />At BishopAccountability.org, there's a pretty extensive database of all the priests etc., who have been prosecuted.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-36405736378820008302011-11-17T17:27:21.879-05:002011-11-17T17:27:21.879-05:00Hi Truth -- I'm not sure how many people are l...Hi Truth -- I'm not sure how many people are leaving this, though some are. There is a high-profile convert to RCCism named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Dreher" rel="nofollow">Rod Dreher</a>, who subsequently left over the scandal: <br /><br /><i>He wrote widely in the Catholic press, but covering the Roman Catholic Church’s child sex abuse scandal, starting in 2002, led him to question his Catholicism,[3] and on October 12, 2006, he announced his conversion to Eastern Orthodoxy.</i><br /><br />I haven't followed his story much.<br /><br />As for Anglicans going home to Rome, I've been wanting to write about that, but it's a moving target, and I don't understand all the players. The one really high profile Australian bishop turned out to have been a former Roman Catholic who had been abused and who is having some issues over the notion of returning.<br /><br />Fr. Robert Hart at the <a href="http://anglicancontinuum.blogspot.com/p/regarding-romes-new-constitution-on.html" rel="nofollow">Anglican Continuum</a> has commented on that a good bit.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-88244135696473991122011-11-17T16:52:36.376-05:002011-11-17T16:52:36.376-05:00John, presumably, though, many of these bishops an...John, presumably, though, many of these bishops and priests are US citizens.<br /><br />What difference does it make if the RCC <em>thinks</em> it's above the law (as I'm sure it does)? Surely what matters is whether it actually <em>is?</em><br /><br />What happened to the police? Don't they have an obligation to investigate and prosecute?Dominic Bnonn Tennanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103838704540924679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-42138275245161659832011-11-17T16:42:57.182-05:002011-11-17T16:42:57.182-05:00"The Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Enablement Netw...<b>"The Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Enablement Network"</b><br /><br />I remember quick-scanning the comment strings from NY Times articles about the Catholic Clergy sex abuse and hierarchy involvement, and read more than several comments saying that lifelong Catholics have quit going to their church because of this issue.<br /><br />Coincidentally, I've heard that the "Return Home to Rome" campaign by the RCC has been doing reasonably well. (But I'm not sure.)Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-580191263071463862011-11-17T16:01:12.299-05:002011-11-17T16:01:12.299-05:00The Roman Catholic Church apparently thinks it is ...The Roman Catholic Church apparently thinks it is above the law.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-47724466683946856752011-11-17T15:45:46.921-05:002011-11-17T15:45:46.921-05:00Hang on a minute. When did sexually abusing childr...Hang on a minute. When did sexually abusing children stop being a crime?<br /><br />Why aren't people like Law in prison?<br /><br />Why aren't the people who concealed their actions being charged as accessories?Dominic Bnonn Tennanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103838704540924679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-45006579147160237012011-11-17T12:51:28.556-05:002011-11-17T12:51:28.556-05:00Thanks Constantine. Peace to you.Thanks Constantine. Peace to you.John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-57809522307618390552011-11-17T12:22:15.911-05:002011-11-17T12:22:15.911-05:00Thanks for keeping the focus on this, John. A few...Thanks for keeping the focus on this, John. A few years ago I went to a mass with some friends while visiting in Boston. That church passed around a letter from the diocese explaining why this parish church would be closed due to the costs of the sex scandal. A parish that had been in existence since the 1800's...<br /><br />They cling to deceit;<br /> they refuse to return.<br />6 I have listened attentively,<br /> but they do not say what is right.<br />None of them repent of their wickedness,<br /> saying, “What have I done?”<br />Each pursues their own course<br /> like a horse charging into battle. <br /><br />Jer. 8:5-6.<br /><br />Peace.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759432774174066023noreply@blogger.com