Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 1:11 PM
Subject: [JOYnet] Priests Chastity
Dear Friends,
Since 1965, more than 80,000 priests have been laicized according to Fr.
Florencio Testera, former dean of cannon law. In the USA, more than 2500
priests since
Dear buddies
True imitation of Jesus Christ is to remain chaste, poor and
obedient.
I just picked up something that i think is not very clear. From what i've quoted Bensi
(above in bold) are you saying that that only applies to priests? As children of God
we are all brothers and sisters of
Dear Friends,
The statistics quoted by Bensilal is a dangerous one. The Catholic Church
has over 500,000 dedicated priests around the world. Owing to the wide
publicity and pressure from different quarters around 400 priests in the US
have been brought to stand trial for sexual abuses some
Dear Friends,
Since 1965, more than 80,000 priests have been laicized according to Fr.
Florencio Testera, former dean of cannon law. In the USA, more than 2500
priests since 1982 have sexually molested children. Many bishops were forced
to resign from their offices after newspapers had exposed