If I could receive a dollar for every time the phrase "witch hunt" will be bleated out in MSM stories about the new Vatican document and the Apostolic Visitation, I could retire to Costa Rica.
The Anchoress hipped me to more activity at the New York Times on this topic -- some of it, thankfully, from one of the white hats, Amy Welborn.
As I e-mailed the Anchoress, I think the only "witch hunt" we'll be witnessing is an NYT-led MSM posse out to discredit and calumniate those faithful servants of the Church seeking to heal those spiritually-diseased seminaries that are the genesis of so much suffering and decay in the Church Militant.
ALSO, this moving post by The Anchoress a few days ago. Please read it and act.
I posted this on another site and so far no one seems willing to take up the challenge. I think any continuing presence in our seminary of gays shows that the Catholic Church is still not ready to face up to the legal issues or seem to care they are putting children at risk. I think that the church should announce their decision based on the safety of the children as of prime interest with these facts out front. Maybe it will show the world that we truly do believe that this is gravely disordered behaviour.
Let’s take a look at this from a legal perspective.
First, the Church describes homosexual acts as gravely disordered. As such, we admit that those attracted to this grave disorder have a strong potential for abuse of boys.
Second, we have a history of admitting homosexuals who have abused boys and further complicated the issue by hiding and moving them.
Third, we had an independent study done, The Jay Report, which told us over 80% of the abuse was adult male homosexual priests abusing boys between the age of 12-18. This is not a pedophile. In the homosexual community, it is a common attraction called seeking out "twinks". Go to Google and search twinks and you will see millions of hits around the gay community. It is not a rare issue in the homosexual community, but common attraction with a large number of homosexuals. Many have pushed for the legalization of sex with boys, NAMBLA.
Fourth, with the ruling in Oregon that all church assets in the entire dioceses can be seized for abuse settlement, we now know that all our churches, schools, and other assets from each parish are up for grabs.
With all this knowledge, is it not simply logic that says we cannot afford to allow homosexuals into the priesthood or face charges that we knew all this and still put children at risk? Lawyers are drooling at the prospects.
Maybe the government can give the Catholic Church a legal waiver for homosexuals we think might be safe for boys to be around.
Please make the case against this.
Posted by: joe h | Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 06:47 PM
I posted this on another site and so far no one seems willing to take up the challenge. I think any continuing presence in our seminary of gays shows that the Catholic Church is still not ready to face up to the legal issues or seem to care they are putting children at risk. I think that the church should announce their decision based on the safety of the children as of prime interest with these facts out front. Maybe it will show the world that we truly do believe that this is gravely disordered behaviour.
Let’s take a look at this from a legal perspective.
First, the Church describes homosexual acts as gravely disordered. As such, we admit that those attracted to this grave disorder have a strong potential for abuse of boys.
Second, we have a history of admitting homosexuals who have abused boys and further complicated the issue by hiding and moving them.
Third, we had an independent study done, The Jay Report, which told us over 80% of the abuse was adult male homosexual priests abusing boys between the age of 12-18. This is not a pedophile. In the homosexual community, it is a common attraction called seeking out "twinks". Go to Google and search twinks and you will see millions of hits around the gay community. It is not a rare issue in the homosexual community, but common attraction with a large number of homosexuals. Many have pushed for the legalization of sex with boys, NAMBLA.
Fourth, with the ruling in Oregon that all church assets in the entire dioceses can be seized for abuse settlement, we now know that all our churches, schools, and other assets from each parish are up for grabs.
With all this knowledge, is it not simply logic that says we cannot afford to allow homosexuals into the priesthood or face charges that we knew all this and still put children at risk? Lawyers are drooling at the prospects.
Maybe the government can give the Catholic Church a legal waiver for homosexuals we think might be safe for boys to be around.
Please make the case against this.
Posted by: joe h | Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 06:52 PM