tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post2722015697375640777..comments2024-03-28T18:32:43.699-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: When will the bleeding stop?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-59458725379875556702011-08-03T18:12:34.564-05:002011-08-03T18:12:34.564-05:00I am so sorry that these problems have not been pr...I am so sorry that these problems have not been properly addressed. I know your heart is in the Church, and it must pain you deeply. But, if I may throw a parallel in here? How about Tom Coburn's CSpan@ presentation (below here) and the present situation in the Catholic Church regarding their problems? Don't they look the same? The problems are there, everyone who should help to fix them is avoiding it for personal gain/loss.<br />Also, I am so glad you DID find your wife. A nice relationship soothes the heart. :)trailbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830065132795330618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-92197856121311887662011-08-03T17:44:54.320-05:002011-08-03T17:44:54.320-05:00@FrankC: As a matter of fact, I didn't leave ...@FrankC: As a matter of fact, I didn't leave to marry at all. I left because of the catastrophically corrupt and abysmally inept way in which the Church was handling the child sex abuse scandal. I described the process in Part II of my articles on the crisis (see my blog's sidebar for links).<br /><br />It was almost five years after leaving the ministry before I met the lady who is now my wife.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82279129439045478082011-08-03T17:37:09.506-05:002011-08-03T17:37:09.506-05:00If you complained to the Vatican they would reply ...If you complained to the Vatican they would reply that you left to marry a <i>woman</i>, so you are the heretic.<br />The problem is with the whole celibacy requirement. Was that Paul or some other f'd up dude?FrankCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18613471007187583702011-08-03T14:06:48.351-05:002011-08-03T14:06:48.351-05:00Kinda nice to know that you and B-16 are in the sa...Kinda nice to know that you and B-16 are in the same corner on this mess.<br /><br />Milwaukee isn't that much better, despite the changes made here over 10 years ago, by the way.<br /><br />Same problem: if the Abp. summarily canned all the ......problems.....there'd be no one left to run the parishes.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com