tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2500732175391817161..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: A tired and saddened bloggerPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-3071011268904728762013-03-06T08:15:37.673-06:002013-03-06T08:15:37.673-06:00Well said Trailbee. We non-Catholic friends of the...Well said Trailbee. We non-Catholic friends of the church share the anguish of watching devout Catholics endure the shame brought on the Church by venal princelings. I fervently hope that the new Pope selected by the Cardinals will bring integrity and perhaps some innovativeness to enable the Catholic Church to be a relevant influence for morality and good in a world rife with secular degenerates.<br /><br />TCLeatherneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00737350717312065042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85140283750231949512013-03-05T23:32:13.208-06:002013-03-05T23:32:13.208-06:00My observation: it is difficult to tell one priest...My observation: it is difficult to tell one priest from another, one pastor from another, one cop from another, one doctor from another, etc. I mentioned this to my Catholic friend, who wrote me a two page-single spaced letter absolving the entire Catholic Church of ANY wrongdoing, and basically, I didn't know what I was talking about, because I'm not Catholic. <br />I don't think I need to be a Catholic to understand the pain and anger I see around me, when my nephew has been diddled by a priest and doesn't know who the hell he is, and his mother thinks nothing is amiss.<br />Hindsight is always 20/20 and that goes for this sad debacle.<br />I'm sorry Pope Benedict abdicated. Those outside the Church will never really know the true reason. My biggest hope is that his successor will be a man of honor and a deep faith, and hopefully set things right. The Catholic Church cannot stand the secular attack coming from the WH, the Left and around the world. Nor can we, who are believers but just are not Catholic.trailbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830065132795330618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33781036352223159392013-03-05T10:18:54.690-06:002013-03-05T10:18:54.690-06:00Well, I am a Catholic, and I don't feel that w...Well, I am a Catholic, and I don't feel that way at all, Bob. I don't care for the cover-ups, and have been praying that the Church would do a little house-cleaning. Unfortunately, the men that would need to do the house-cleaning are all-too-often the ones that need to to be cleared out and gotten rid of. If they weren't directly complicit in the acts, the were indirectly complicit by covering it up, merely moving a known problem from one parish to another without so much as a "Oh, by the way..." to the new parish, where the problems and abuse could start all over. The abusers themselves were "rewarded" with a whole new set of victims.<br /><br />It is an evil and a cancer, and it needs rooted out. And most aggravating of all is the heaps of abuse and scorn laid at the feet of the many good priests and bishops who have done nothing wrong. They are looked at askance as though they themselves are pedophiles or rapists --and without cause. Good men, who reputations are tarnished merely be being a member of a profession that contains abusers. Teachers, doctors and others don't face that kind of scorn, yet they have similar or greater numbers of abusers amongst their peers. The radical difference, of course, is that the Church (through the stupid decisions of a relative few, but influential, bishops and cardinals) chose to hide and deny the facts, rather than face them. Those men deserve the scorn. Those men deserve more scorn, and jail, as far as I am concerned.<br /><br />The irony of their decision, is that they were trying (I believe) to avoid scandal and media attention and avoid a witch-hunt of sorts. By hiding it, they created the very thing they hoped to avoid.Shrimpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80551371463193620132013-03-05T06:56:14.360-06:002013-03-05T06:56:14.360-06:00Former Catholic here and still have many relatives...Former Catholic here and still have many relatives who are members of the church. Have you noticed that Catholics in general seem to have the same reaction to the church and child abuse by priests & the following (and continuing) cover-up, as do Democrats about Obama's tearing the country down? <br /><br />It's as obvious as anything in the world, but if they just don't talk about it, and don't allow others to talk about it, it will all go away.<br /><br />No it won't.BobFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85325902390898026482013-03-05T05:22:41.208-06:002013-03-05T05:22:41.208-06:00Nope - you are correct. Just as soon as it seems ...Nope - you are correct. Just as soon as it seems that this malady has begun to fade into their past, it comes up again with a new Name attached.Phil knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-69310875938890042862013-03-04T23:50:22.805-06:002013-03-04T23:50:22.805-06:00Not a Catholic here, but I feel ya nonetheless. It...Not a Catholic here, but I feel ya nonetheless. It's a damned shame and it doesn't do any of us any good, Catholic or Protestant.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.com