[laughs] My posts in this thread started with a very simple speculation drawn from the popularity of the book "Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence," Rosemary Curb (Editor) Nancy Manahan (Editor) I'm sorry to rock your world, but that book does have something to do with Catholic nuns. The authors try (and possibly fail) "...to describe to the uninitiated the ambience either of lay Catholic society or of the convents."
>IOW, you are MAKING STUFF UP! PROVE what you are saying or you are nothing but a common liar!
I am "nothing but a common liar" if I don't "prove" a speculation I based on two fairly heavy bits of evidence that I did provide links to? My exact words were:
"'Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence,' Rosemary Curb (Editor) Nancy Manahan (Editor) -- is a pretty good indication that there is a whole population of young girls who have also been abused but either haven't come forward or simply aren't getting the press." [from post #8 which somehow got pulled for a reason not having to do with its content]
I followed up that post with a link to the book "Woman-To-Woman Sexual Violence : Does She Call It Rape? (The Northeastern Series on Gender, Crime, and the Law)," by Lori B. Girshick to make it clear that this is a real problem which even specialists are having trouble dealing with.
sinkspur, I'm feeling polite today. And Bonaparte did request that I be nice. So I'll just say this about you: You are a piece of work.
Say, you know, following your reasoning, perhaps there is no abuse going on by priests, either. After all, I haven't seen any proof of the priestly abuse. I've seen the church settle lawsuits and I've seen priests arrested, but I haven't actually seen "proof" of priests abusing young boys. Perhaps you can comfort yourself with the argument that if nobody comes to your house and shows you what you consider to be "proof" then it isn't really happening. Yeah. That's it. It's just not happening...
Okay, sinkspur, I'm done with you. From now on, don't try to play sports you don't have the skills for.
Mark W.
Does the book actually speak to abuse of girls by nuns? If so, please cite the passages.
If not, please cite ONE instance of an abuse of a young girl by a nun from any source.
I really want to see the evidence on which you base your contention that there is some major sexual scandal brewing that involves nuns abusing girls.
If it is your OPINION that there is, that's fine.
But, if there's no evidence to support that opinion, I'd like to know on what you base it, other than "some nuns are lesbians, some lesbians abuse each other and girls, therefore nuns abuse each other and girls."
Surely you're not using that sloppy logic, are you?