The Church's response to this entire thing has been atrocious. In my experience: Catholic's are terrific, Catholic churches are terrific....but The Catholic Church (capital C's) is downright awful.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So, they are looking to pass a bill in Connecticut removing the statute of > limitations off abuse cases. > > How does the RCC respond? > > > http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/11/connecticut.abuse.bill/index.html?hpt=T2 > >A bill in Connecticut's legislature that would remove the statute of > limitations on child sexual abuse cases has sparked a fervent response from > the state's Roman Catholic bishops, who released a letter to parishioners > Saturday imploring them to oppose the measure. > > > >The proposed change to the law would put "all Church institutions, > including your parish, at risk," says the letter, which was signed by > Connecticut's three Roman Catholic bishops. > > > So basically these bishops are saying that EVERY parish in Connecticut has > priests that are not being prosecuted ONLY because the statute of > limitations have passed. > > Wow. That is a heck of an admission. > > Not shocking, but certainly surprising. > > I guess it really isn't about the victims for them. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315628 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
