Comments on: Just a Question…Can Somebody Answer a Question Regarding a Double Standard?

By: ck

ck — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:43:27 +0000

Joanne, I’m trying to address a double standard here. You want to forgive these pedophile priests. Suzy ALLCAPS wants the cover-up to continue, yet, since the both of you pretty much follow any mantra of Steve, which today is….outrage over the discrete pardon of Graham James. As well, there should be. He shouldn’t ever be able to have a job around kids. What I’m saying is, neither should priests who have abused children.

I’m betting that folks like you and Suzanne believe in condemning civilians like Mr. James, but only too eager to forgive priests.

You never answered another question I had; would you allow a priest you knew was convicted of sexual abuse, to be alone with your kid(s)?

By: Joanne (BLY)

Joanne (BLY) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:51:24 +0000

Obviously I am having trouble making my position understood here and since I can’t think of any other way to clarify it, I’ll leave you to your own interpretations which I’m sure you’ll be more comfortable with anyway.

By: Audrey II

Audrey II — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:11:45 +0000

“The clergy is made up of human beings who are inherently flawed and sinful just like the rest of us.”

I don’t know about you, Joanne, but I don’t have a history of abusing children and then covering it up. You’re certainly welcome to equivocate yourself to pedophile priests, but please leave the rest of us out of it.

The problems in the Catholic church don’t get dealt with by simply throwing up one’s hands and saying “Oh well, we’re all fallen creatures” or “it was just a few bad apples that the courts should deal with”. Interrupting the pattern starts with the acknowledgment that something is wrong.

By: Joanne (BLY)

Joanne (BLY) — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:34:21 +0000

I’m sorry that you didn’t understand the intent of my post, which was to say that people shouldn’t give up on Christ because of what is going on in the Catholic Church. There are problems in the church and they need to be dealt with and I think any pedophiles should be given a fair trial in a criminal court.

The clergy is made up of human beings who are inherently flawed and sinful just like the rest of us. A good priest tries to help his parishioners find the right path, but sadly there are some that take advantage of their positions of trust for their own gratification.

Whether they are priests or hockey coaches they are the scum of the earth.