Posted on 06/25/2014 8:56:55 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne
Priest Jeffrey Newell has been suspended by the Catholic Church for sexually abusing children in Tijuana. This is the second time Newell has been sanctioned for his actions.
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Yes I think we should all watch what we say on this topic. The comments are are just out of control and honestly just toxic with no benefit.
I have many friends who are Catholic and am fine with them having beliefs that I disagree with.
And yet apparently we still have issues.....
As we watch an immoral government actively destroy our country; we absolutely shouldn't be fighting each other.
Or fight is with a decaying culture and out of control government.
Yes, I see this happening in the military, but with one difference: In the Church, it was all hush hush and covered up. In the military it will be out in the open and in our face, celebrated and glorified.
That is why the priest abuse scandal should be called the homosexual/pedophile priest scandal. According to an exhaustive study I located on Wikipedia.com, 81% of the under aged victims were male.
Naturally, what better place to find young men committed to never getting married or having a girlfriend?
It’s really too bad that you are defending these pedophiles priests.
It seems endemic to Catholicism to have a knee jerk defense of these animals.
I know this will be blown off, but here goes anyway.
My sister has some friends who are homosexuals and the one guy, Greek Orthodox, was in seminary because culturally, that is the only acceptable way for a man to remain single.
So instead of the derision heaped on a man who is not married, it’s *My son the priest*. Hence it is a haven for homosexuals. By his own admission.
That is also the reason he left the seminary. It was too much even for him.
You are quite correct. Since the homosexual/pedophile priest scandal, the Church implemented an extremely thorough screening process which now includes a number of physical and psychological tests candidates for the priesthood must now take. According to our pastor, only one in ten candidates actually are accepted into the seminary these days and the average of a person now entering into the seminary is about thirty five, many much older.
As far as your other point. Increased priestly vocations. Not sure about that. In the 1960s there were 60,000 ordained priests in the US, today there are about 40,000. I live in the nation’s largest archdiocese (L.A.). We have a tremendous priest shortage here. A few weeks ago, only four new priests were ordained in our archdiocese, versus twenty six priests who passed away during the course of the year. I suspect this is typical in most of the archdiocese across the country.
The good news: There has been an increasing number of deacons in our archdiocese and across the country. They are allowed to be married. I think that helps.
In the Orthodox Church, priests ARE permitted to be married.
George Stephanopolous’s father is an ordained Greek Orthodox priest.
Ha!
Yes, but they don’t have to be, hence it’s a place that a homosexual who doesn’t want to marry can go and save face.
He said that’s why so many homosexual men join the priesthood.
The Diocese of Phoenix ordained three this year. Five elderly priests passed away last year, but elderly priests actually move to this area, too, so we're doing okay. We have a spirit-filled, orthodox bishop who prays at abortion clinics and sends our seminarians to sane, orthodox seminaries. His influence is a blessing to our diocese.
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles, on the other hand, is focused on social justice and sends its seminarians to St. John's in Camarillo (yikes!). When there is so little spiritual substance in the diocese, what is there to draw men to the priesthood? They might as well become secular social workers and make some decent money.
I’m not the one that made the claim. People make claims all the time, I just asked the person to prove it.
Apparently you need the definition.
Due Process:
a fundamental principle of fairness in all legal matters, both civil and criminal, especially in the courts. All legal procedures set by statute and court practice, including notice of rights, must be followed for each individual so that no prejudicial or unequal treatment will result. While somewhat indefinite, the term can be gauged by its aim to safeguard both private and public rights against unfairness. The universal guarantee of due process is in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides "No person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," and is applied to all states by the 14th Amendment. From this basic principle flows many legal decisions determining both procedural and substantive rights.
Oh please, don’t interrupt the crap with actual facts! s/
Easy to answer - in many cases, if they get caught, they will be moved to another assignment. Protection.
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