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Chris, This is not feminist ideology. It's common sense and brings two things that are sorely lacking right now to the problem: - Fresh eyes that can examine why existing church structures can't grasp...
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Chris's comments on sexuality and DS points on women's intuition and insights are very good points. - Dave M.
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DS -- It's the dratted women who have been preventing genuine men from entering the priesthood, favoring instead the guys who like to gaze at naked men in the showers at the YMCA. We are not talking...
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How it happened that many homosexuals entered the priesthood was well documented in Michael Rose’s book, May, 2002, Good Bye Good Men: How Liberals Brought Corruption into the Catholic Church. The book...
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Catholic women would do no better - look at Sister Obamacare Carol Keehan, Sebelius, Pelosi. Look at the many women's orders emptied out by the same sexual revolution that took down the men. Look at...
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DS's comments on women's insights and intuition are canned feminism and mistaking the particular of the female for the universal human, and possible a solution, and he makes the equally opposite...
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Some of the comments assume that I advocate a radical femninist solution. Mr. Esolen even suggested that "dratted women" are responsible for a cadre of gay priests. A childish comment. Once again,...
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This is proof that when certain doors are opened that they can be extremely difficult, if not impossible to close, much less close permanently. What has happened here is extremely sad but for those who...
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I was less than impressed by "faithful Catholic women"'s response last year to the Komen, and then the HHS Mandate controversy. It seemed to be a lot of email-grabbing/social media hoopla without any...
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Carol Cousneau's comment reminded me of something i read by Bishop Keating who was in the diocese of Arlington a number of years ago warning his fellow bishops that they had a big problem with their...
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RIP Bishop D'Arcy who had the courage to warn Cardinal Law repeatedly (in the 1980s!!!) about pedophiles (such warnings went unheeded) and had the courage to lead the boycott of Notre Dame's award to...
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Diaperman: you are assuming the period given to the demon began in the 1880s. There is no need to assume that. Ponder Fatima's date. You also assume that the wreckage of this period does not carry over...
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" be careful that we not assume LA's problem extends to the rest of the country without evidence that it was so" - It absolutely extends to the rest of the country. Google "THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF...
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Sorry I wrote too fast and misspoke - Reisman thought Kinsey *could* have been a point source for the curve. - Sue
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On the issue of "orthodox" seminarians: The presence of theological orthodoxy does not preclude the existence of severe psychological abnormalities. Since 2003, if you look at the two most "orthodox"...
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@ Stephanie Thanks for reminding us of this. Judging from many of the comments there is an undercurrent which wants to blame all the sexual abuse problems on those vaguely termed...
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Stephanie - I would not characterize a priest who undergoes laicization and subsequently marries as having a "severe psychological abnormality." (I must admit, I laughed a bit at the wording of your...
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@ Diaperman: I believe that "Orthodoxy" is about seeing everything through the lens of obedience Christ. There is no understanding possible when looking at the Church through political lenses. - Chris...
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Sorry, all of you who are fixing dates in the last 50 years, I am 80 years old and my uncle who died years ago at the age of 90 (and his friends,too) were propositioned by a priest when they were teen...
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Many raise the question of when and why this problem arose? I agree it has always been around but caution that we do not know how prevalent it was in the past. Sexual abuse, like so much else, was a...
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