One would think the Church would be better served by attacked the rot within the clergy rather than Sean's "heresey". After all, that scandel has done FAR more to damage the Church than Hannity could ever do.
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Thank you for the post. First off, let me point out that the 'clergy scandal' is not limited to the Catholic Church.
reports of ministers sexually abusing children
The major difference is that this 'scandal' proved to be a tremendous blessing. As a result of the media shining a laser beam only on the Catholic Church, corrective measures have been taken and scrutinies put in place to prevent this from ever occuring again. Sad that such is not the case for non-Catholic denominations where this practice continues, unchecked. In fact, the worse sexual abuse of children occurs in the public schools yet the media remains silent. Why?
Secondly, as to Sean switching topics from his misunderstanding to an attack on the priest, I believe Fr. Euteneuer addresses this quite well in his response.
Most surprising of all, however, was Hannity’s use of what I call the “argument from pedophilia;” namely, the tendency to fall back on the Church sex abuse scandal when you’re losing an argument with a priest and have to grab for something. I have had people do this to me in front of abortion clinics, at Da Vinci Code protests and in private conversations about Catholicism for the past several years. Let’s just say I didn’t expect it from Hannity! Was it me or did Sean just disconnect from reality at that moment? Where in the world did that come from? Well, it’s because Hannity’s really a closet liberal when pushed to the wall. True colors come out in the wash, and the birth control issue just has a greater tendency to touch the sensitive areas of people’s philosophies of life.