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hedgehog

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1. Read the full article - the implication there is that Urbaniak is

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:00 PM

Aug 2012

one of the Polish priests imported to help resolve the priest shortage in the US. Poland is often held up as an example of a place where Roman Catholicism is uncontaminated by the modernism of the West.

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Prosecutor: South Boston priest downloading child porn when he was arrested [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Aug 2012 OP

Read the full article - the implication there is that Urbaniak is hedgehog Aug 2012 #1

I guess, but it's not like Europe was ever immune to clerical abuse. freshwest Aug 2012 #3

For years, we were told that pedophilia was an American problem, hedgehog Aug 2012 #4

Pedophilia, from clergy, or other authorities, was more openly discussed in Europe for centuries. freshwest Aug 2012 #5

Yeah, which is a made up excuse if I've ever heard one. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #6

Just more lies added onto the pile of lies that the Church is built upon Marrah_G Aug 2012 #7

They are only motivated by the threat of more lawsuits Marrah_G Aug 2012 #8

Maybe the europeans were just better at keeping a lid on it. 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #9

It is a step in the right direction for the church to cooperate with authorities. Change is good. freshwest Aug 2012 #2