I think I have figured out where Sam got that from, its another talking point put out by the right wing blogosphere. When I did a search on his phrasing, the one that was first was newsmax, followed by a number of very right wing blogs.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Isn't sexual abuse by teachers much higher than by priests? > Schools don't even get reported while churches across America are > shutting down. > > While the abuse and the cover-ups are wrong and should be punished > severely, I don't think putting Christianity out of business is a > solution. > > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:17 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:315646 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
