Ernest has an axe to grind.
What if it is legitimate or partly so?
Where was the church for that family in the 1950's? Kids yanked into an orphanage, mother put somewhere where she eventually died, don't know what was going on with the father, extended family probably lacked resources to help.
Today there may have been better help for his mother due to advances in treatment of some things, etc., etc., etc.
The secular world has now more protection in place for orphaned children than the church had. There are more cases of children being mistreated in catholic/state institutions coming to light every day.
I was with a patient who has made somewhat of a success of his life. His family home burned down, alcoholism involved, priest literally tied him up and threw him in the car and hauled him off to Boys' Town. Didn't hear accounts of any abuse while there. When he grew up and got out and went to marry, he told a priest to "Go to hell". Who could blame him after being treated with such "compassion".
The only reason these things are not happening so much today is that there are checks and balances to the church's and other institutional power in this country. Things still aren't pretty, but at least children have advocates.
Unless you've walked in his shoes, let him have his axe. One day I hope he can be free of what happened to him. It's still a free country with free speech. He has the courage to post under his own name.
Shame upon you! May God have pity on your soul for daring to defend the homosexual apostate Hubbard!
His record - as Ernest Michael has all too well pointed out - is of such gravity that in another era he would have been burned at the stake - and rightly so!
You have shown by your postings that you are but a shill for every leberal, USCCB approved gay/apostate cause celebre in AMchurch. You flip-flop back and forth so much that it is impossible to tell exactly WHAT tenets of the Catholic fiath you do indeed hold - if you hold any of them at all!
Shame upon you!