for OUR sex abuse scandal...."
I wonder what U.S. PR corporation came up with the BLAME THE HIPPIES strategy???
Dear 'catholic church':
with this utter, absurd, crackpot nonsense, you have now entered bizzarro fantasy land world; more or less like the mormons.
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Reuters) - A study commissioned by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops concludes that neither the all-male celibate priesthood nor homosexuality caused the church's sexual abuse crisis, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
The five-year study says the abuse occurred because priests who were poorly prepared and monitored, and were under stress, landed amid the social and sexual turmoil of the 1960s and '70s, according to the newspaper.
The "blame Woodstock" explanation has been floated by bishops for years but the study was likely to be regarded as the most authoritative analysis of the scandal in the Catholic Church in America, The Times reported.
Widespread abuse scandals involving Roman Catholic priests first erupted in Boston a decade ago, and the U.S. church has paid settlements totaling some $3 billion.
there now needs to be a movement to BAN the catholic church from operating within the U.S. and its territories.
the arrogance and irresponsbility of the church is appalling and pathetic.
for decades the church has loudly proclaimed they are the only "legitimate" church on the planet-- and members of other faiths are going straight to Hell. in actuality, the church acts and behaves just like a typical, large, greedy and corrupt corporation, i.e. first DENY a serious problem exists, second: lawyer up and PAY OFF the victims so they will shut up, and third: find some convenient group of persons to BLAME for your total corruption and irresponsibility.
what a Load.
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