Re: [JOYnet] Priests Chastity

2003-04-04 Thread Wilson Thomas
Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [JOYnet] Priests Chastity

2003-04-04 Thread sheril daniel
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

[JOYnet] Priests Chastity

2003-04-04 Thread Joseph lonth
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

[JOYnet] Priests Chastity

2003-04-03 Thread Bensi Chacko
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