It's a start. -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:35 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: "It's all about the victims" - NOT. RCC continues to show its colors
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:315680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
