[NYer]

Gumbleton, who was appointed as a bishop 38 years ago by Pope Paul VI, is a pacifist with a reputation as one of the most liberal U.S. prelates on economic and social issues. During a meeting of the national bishops conference in Washington a few years ago, he said, he came close to mentioning his own experience with sexual abuse. "But then the conversation somehow changed," he said.

[Tax-chick]

He is also the first to endorse proposals in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and other states to follow California's example and open a one-year window for victims to file lawsuits over sexual abuse, no matter how long ago it took place.

Okay, how many millions does it take for a person to get over being "inappropriately touched" when he was a teenager ...?

Honestly, if I could collect from all the guys who groped me when I was a teenager, we could retire to a life of ease for the next 50 years.

[TaxachusettsMan]

If you think there's no bishop in the USA who would "attempt" to ordain a woman or start a schismatic hierarchy . . .

THINK AGAIN.

[sitetest]

Explains a lot.

[JoeFromSidney]

So THAT's what's wrong with Gumby. I alays wondered.

[Coleus]

what's his motive?

[right-wingin_It]

This guy is always so full of it, I don't know if I should believe him. On the one hand this type of abuse could explain his psychological disorder...the outrageous remarks in a homily that suggested God could be a woman, or his activism in Dignity for the ordination of women priests, etc. Just goes to show how abuse of just one person can go a long long way in the Church.