tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post5328978739036648078..comments2024-03-28T22:26:19.263-04:00Comments on LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH: Irish Government Attacks Seal of ConfessionMary Ann Kreitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-24049371182357177312011-08-02T22:39:08.020-04:002011-08-02T22:39:08.020-04:00"But attacking the seal of confession is not ..."But attacking the seal of confession is not the answer"<br /><br />Agreed. As you may know, the current Irish government is not doing too good at home. Imho, this may be a ploy to try to deflect attention away from their own poor leadership.<br /><br />However, it may well backfire on them. Time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-3713955950412327542011-08-02T22:30:09.002-04:002011-08-02T22:30:09.002-04:00"No Adult Alone With Any Child"
I unde..."No Adult Alone With Any Child" <br /><br />I understand why this rule has to exist. However, it is truly sad that society has fallen to the depths where we need something like this in place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-65576950191115153592011-07-16T18:50:03.930-04:002011-07-16T18:50:03.930-04:00Mary Ann, as an instructional assistant at a publi...Mary Ann, as an instructional assistant at a public school, I worked for awhile with a teacher whom we all thought was a good one until he was arrested and convicted of molesting children at his apartment and church. He was a Mormon and was married. Now we all know that not all Mormons molest children, but some do as some in other religions or even the non-religous do. There was no evidence that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-38007029502060637342011-07-16T17:54:01.554-04:002011-07-16T17:54:01.554-04:00If people were using a screen and not going face-t...If people were using a screen and not going face-to-face in confession, how would a priest know the identity of the person confessing, or specifically whom to report? This is one reason why confession is *supposed* to be anonymous - puts too much on the priest otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-89427851622735362062011-07-15T23:15:28.186-04:002011-07-15T23:15:28.186-04:00There is this bizarre sense that somehow the sex a...There is this bizarre sense that somehow the sex abuse by priests is anomalous. The statistics show that it is less frequent among Catholic clergy than among Protestant clergy. That doesn't excuse it of course, but it shows quite clearly I think that it is a societal problem and not something unique to the Catholic Church.<br /><br />The church exacerbated the problem by admitting men to Ray Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736292194954847543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-60908621382429976772011-07-15T22:17:13.263-04:002011-07-15T22:17:13.263-04:00PatO, if you've been reading this blog for any...PatO, if you've been reading this blog for any time at all, you know I have no sympathy for child abusers or for the bishops who covered up the abuse. In the U.S. the main problem in the Church was admitting homosexuals to the priesthood who assaulted teenage boys. Over 70% of the abuse was homosexual in nature. I am not as familiar with the Irish situation.<br /><br />But attacking the seal Mary Ann Kreitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245237845099708478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568419039847692717.post-25959217257388957142011-07-15T21:37:12.059-04:002011-07-15T21:37:12.059-04:00This is what you consider the tragic fallout from ...This is what you consider the tragic fallout from the sex abuse scandal? How about the children who were forced to have sex with Catholic priests?<br /><br />Ireland is fed up with the facet that the Catholic church doesn't' care about child sex abuse, and since child sex abuse is a crime against the laws of the land and the laws of humanity, they are doing something about it.<br /><br /Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461865437824551724noreply@blogger.com