[SlickWillard]

Makes sense to me.

[07055]

Law's insistence on adherence to convention, after all, is so strict that he had a nun fired two years ago because she had the temerity to wear a clerical stole at a baptismal rite.

''The discipline of the church is clear and has to be followed,'' Law said then in support of the dismissal of Sister Jeannette T. Normandin from the Jesuit Urban Center. ''A trust is violated when that is not followed.''

So much for those who said that Law covered up for these monsters because of "Christian compassion."

The dress code violators are tossed overboard while the homosexual rapists are shielded, allowed to rape more boys, and given extra spending money.

May this man burn in Hell for all time.

[madprof98]

Despite the two little digs here to promote feminist nuns and marriage for priests, she seems to have it right. In fact, I think Law's behavior may be just an extreme example of a larger pattern evident among the rather decadent American Catholic hierarchy. For years they have demonstrated the worst sort of cowardice in the face of prominent Catholics who trample on Church teachings about sexual matters. When challenged to excommunicate these shameful renegades, the bishops invariably cite "pastoral" concerns, using language much like Law chose in support of this rapist priest. I wonder if many of them have not been afraid the government had the goods on them--and that speaking up might prove more than a tad embarrassing.

[xm177e2]

''I have abided by my promise not to mention to anyone the fact that I too had been sexually abused as a teenager, and, later, as a seminarian by a priest, a faculty member, a pastor, and, ironically, by the predecessor of one of two cardinals who now debate my fate,'' Shanley wrote

Pathetic... horrifying... something needs to be done. Heads need to roll.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Buried in Shanley's personnel file might be a hint. ''I have abided by my promise not to mention to anyone the fact that I too had been sexually abused as a teenager, and, later, as a seminarian by a priest, a faculty member, a pastor, and, ironically, by the predecessor of one of two cardinals who now debate my fate,'' Shanley wrote to the Rev. Brian M. Flatley in an appeal for Law's support for his efforts to be appointed director of a church-sponsored youth hostel in New York City.

A lot of dirt yet to be uncovered...

[NYCVirago]

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