tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post8055135479423899732..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Donohue's "Blame the Gays" Tactic Refuted by John Jay Study ResearcherMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-91640791481886546902010-04-07T21:24:58.753-05:002010-04-07T21:24:58.753-05:00This is another very good article. I think Bill D...This is another very good article. I think Bill Donahue really needs to be educated about this. After lookng at the figures I was stunned because it appears that the number of priests who are pedophiles is higher than I realized. I consider priests who have sex with 10 and 11 year old children to be pedophiles. I don't know if Bill Donahue does. From what I have read, a lot of children are sexually abused by married men. The information about Father Marciel from Mexico is chilling. The man was on a major power trip. It is too bad that he was allowed to do all the crap that he did because he gave a lot of money to the guys in Rome.Mareczkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122584421854834046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-76616635787790004032010-04-07T11:43:03.923-05:002010-04-07T11:43:03.923-05:00Thanks for sharing this story, Tom.
Peace,
Micha...Thanks for sharing this story, Tom.<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />MichaelMichael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-91713444919936841262010-04-07T06:17:38.784-05:002010-04-07T06:17:38.784-05:00In my parish, St. John the Evangelist in Goshen, N...In my parish, St. John the Evangelist in Goshen, NY, the first major pedophile scandal materialized in the early nineties. The priest in question, "Father Ed" had been molesting boys in their early teens. To say that the parishioners were traumatized by this would be an understatement. They were devastated. Then something wondrous happened....<br /><br />Father Ed was eventually replaced by Father Trevor Nichols. Father Trevor had been an Anglican in merrie old England when he converted to Catholicism. On becoming a Catholic was transferred to Saint John's - WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO DAUGHTERS! A married priest! WITH TWO KIDS!<br /><br />You want to hear the punch line? Our little parish did not implode. The sun did not fall from the sky. Huge cracks did not appear in the earth's surface. In fact, it was nice having them. They were - and are to this day - deeply beloved by the people of St. John's.<br /><br />Allowing priests to marry would transform the Catholic Church. Having a married priest and his lovely family in our midst certainly transformed the people of St. John's.<br /><br />http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com<br /><br />Tom DeganTom Deganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911175264811957550noreply@blogger.com