Do You Think Its Fair That The Boston Archdioces..

[sistersintigo]

[quote name='sistersintigo' date='08 July 2010 - 06:27 PM' timestamp='1278624458' post='2139469']
I remember the refectory at suppertime, in a priory where religious sisters across the spectrum of orders were doing one of those "renewal Programs" -- all older women, still active, who went someplace for several months and lived together retreat style. Ah, you ought to have heard those holy women at table, when Cardinal Law resigned as archbishop. "Power" with a capital P, that was the subject. Good thing he wasn't within a mile of the women, they would have gone after him with the silverware....and probably thrown crockery as well.
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....just sic the sisters on 'em.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='CatherineM' date='09 July 2010 - 01:10 AM' timestamp='1278648649' post='2139657']
If a priest abused my child, I wouldn't expect the Pope to do a thing about it. I would expect the local special victims unit of the cops to do something. I would expect myself to do something, namely lots of therapy for my child. I don't mind adults abused as kids suing the church, but I want every dollar they are awarded to be matched by their parents. If their parents reported it to the police, who did nothing, then the money should be matched by the local police. One of the current cases to be decided whether the Vatican can be held financially responsible involves an abuse that happened in the 20's, and the priest involved died in the 50's. If you can't make up your mind to sue for 70 years, there is something wrong with the legal system too.
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The voice of commonsense and rationality speaks

[Lil Red]

[quote name='CatherineM' date='08 July 2010 - 09:10 PM' timestamp='1278648649' post='2139657']
If a priest abused my child, I wouldn't expect the Pope to do a thing about it. I would expect the local special victims unit of the cops to do something. I would expect myself to do something, namely lots of therapy for my child. I don't mind adults abused as kids suing the church, but I want every dollar they are awarded to be matched by their parents. If their parents reported it to the police, who did nothing, then the money should be matched by the local police. One of the current cases to be decided whether the Vatican can be held financially responsible involves an abuse that happened in the 20's, and the priest involved died in the 50's. If you can't make up your mind to sue for 70 years, there is something wrong with the legal system too.
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yes.