Sins of the Fathers

[Tamaroa]

Most rational people recognize that it is a minority of priests that cause the problem. Also most rational people know that such a large monolithic structure as the church will be ever slow to change. My wife is a devout Catholic. She is thoroughly disgusted with what is happening in the Catholic church today.

She wants to see at a minimum women priests and a married priesthood. That in itself should go a long way to solving some of the problems. HOWEVER, since Rome is slow to act, my wife simply will not contribute to anything offeratory in the church other than the contributions required to run her parish. She gives nothing to any other fund assuming that it will go to settle all these law suits.

If enough people did that, maybe Rome would listen, because there is a lot of money here in America that supports the Catholic church. What would happen if it dried up because people voted with their wallets?

BillD.

[Keith_Hixson]

When I was taking graduate courses in Grad School I did quite a bit of research on pedophilia activity. The fact from every study every done on the subject. Pedophiles are pedophiles until the day they die. There is no cure, no amount of counseling will help. Incest, and soley incest which is a different form of pedophilia, can be corrected through counseling and that is the only exception to the rule. Once they begin that behavior they will do it forever. Most families have an "Uncle" that everyone in the family knows not to allow the kids around.

Keith

[Seascamp]

But I?m a bit like Bill O?Reilly (I call him Tiger O?) on this issue as I see life at hard labor being the best resolution of all. A chain gang of like acting people seems appropriate to the occasion I?d say. But at the end of the day I?ll go with either solution, as I believe as you that pedophilia is an incurable situation.

Scamp