Posted on 07/27/2007 5:31:45 AM PDT by monomaniac
God Bless the Boy Scouts!
How they get slammed for barring Homosexuals! And that is the RIGHT thing to do.
The amount it takes to get the Church to kick out every pervert in their midst.
I think you might see some humor in this true story.
Recently I was working on landscaping my yard. I figured I’d do it myself rather than pay a professional several thousand dollars. So I’m out there working through the heat of the day, digging up roots, putting down top soil, planting shrubs- the works. It got pretty messy. Toward the end of the day a woman pushing a stroller walks by and calls out to me. I did not hear her at first but eventually saw her waving at me. I stood up to address her and noticed she was talking in a very slow, loud voice. “Ex-cuse... me..., doooooo yoooooou haaaaave aaaaa nuuuuumber?”
I wasn’t sure what she was talking about and I guess my expression showed it. She cautiously approached me and asked “Isssss youuurr bossssss commmminnnnnng byyyyyy soooon? Iiiii haaaave soooome woooork foooor yoooou”.
What? What was she talking about? I replied, “huh?”
“Whhhhaaaaat tiiim-o issss youurr boosss commmming toooooo piiick yoooou up?”
“Lady, I live here.”
Her face turned beat red and she scurried off down the street, baby stroller in tow.
>>The amount it takes to get the Church to kick out every pervert in their midst.<<
Even the ones they don’t know about?
Even the accused who are innocent?
And why is there never credit given for what the church has done? Have you volunteered at your parish lately and seen what the volunteers have to do? Have you talked to a priest about what he has to do or the steps he needs to take to remain in his ministry?
Amen.
"Six times in five weeks..."
Six times a night would still be showing restraint.
LOL!!!!
Bet she wanted to crawl into that stroller after that!
Doing the work that Americans will not do, I see!
And many more are still running around - It's like rats. It's not how many you get rid of, it's how many are left that counts.
Well, let’s just get both sides in on this!
But I have to go. We school through the summer and are driving to Canton to attend my Great-Nephew’s 1st birthday and do roofing.
No putting lessons off til Saturday this week!!!!!
His name's William Donohue, and he's the President of the Catholic League. And he has issues with "secular" Jews.
And what exactly do you propose the Church do?
The topic pre-dated the settlement because of pre-trial publicity. This settlement took place as they were preparing to seat jurors.
The multitude of sex scandals (and the way they were handled), the preaching of Santa Claus socialism and cheerleading for illegal immigrants has this RC looking for a new church.
Rather than hide and transfer, expose and cooperate in the criminal prosecution. CERTAINTLY this will reduce future payoffs to future victims. If the church heirarchy vigilantly rooted out the rot rather than became a haven for it, then the issue wouldn’t have gotten as big as it is today.
Another thing- I tend to fit the physical profile of the 19 terrorists on September 11, 2001. So whenever I travel I always make sure to plan additional time because 9 times out of 10 I am asked to step out of line for additional screening. Of course the occurences have diminished in the recent past since it has been deemed a bad thing to profile someone based on their looks.
As for the lady with the baby stroller, I laughed. My wife was in tears from laughing so hard. Even my neighbors got a big kick out of it. Anyone I share that story with finds it funny.
My point is, I look the part. TSA agents would see me and think “oh yeah, better check this guy”. This woman saw a hispanic man working on a yard in a fairly nice neighborhood and she automatically assumed I must be the hired help. Some people hear the word Catholic Priest and they think of a joke about pedophiles. Comes with the territory.
I agree and the Church is doing this, perhaps not as quickly as many would like, but it is still moving in the right direction.
You left out their absolute support of gun control as well.
Well perhaps if the Church had not tolerated fags for so long, they wouldn’t have this problem. Suppressing natural sexual urges as sin doesn’t help much either. Throw out the fudge-packers, and let these guys marry and have kids, and see this abuse disappear.
It would help if the bishops who were behind the cover up criminally prosecuted as accessories after the fact or at the very least were transferred to 200 sq ft churches on indian reservations in North Dakota or someplace where they could get back to basics.
Those "protestants" aren't a single, worldwide organization which refused to turn over known pedophiles to the legal authorities, and who continued to employ said pedophiles, shuffling them from location to location to avoid prosecution, and then copped plea deals with prosecutors to avoid taking the witness stand.
The story isn't the abuse - it's the protection racket and issue avoidance that went on for decades. There's no similar story there with "protestants", so there are no jokes to tell.
And would this be the responsibility of the Church or the authorities in various localities?
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