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MichiganVote

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22. I think most people want to be heroes. And for some, an ave. has been the

Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:20 PM

Mar 2013

social justice arm of the church which has largely only survived as a PR tool for the powerful church interests. Whatever. Let's not kid ourselves. What some guy or gal does as a part of the 'help people' part of the church, devined by Jesus or not, is in no way even possibly going to replace the fact that priests buggered kids. Not a few--alot. A lot of priests supported by a lot of Bishops and Cardinals and frankly, the Pope's too.

Frankly, some people probably thought that Hitler was a great guy unless you got in the way of his Jew stuff. If you truly knew what victims of sex abuse by priests have been going through for the last 30 years, you might feel very differently about the Catholic Church.

I do and I'm not ashamed to say it. The youth in the Catholic religion are at risk. They are lied to, they are abused and they are ignored. And all the little countryside or "cool" urban retreats with the nice guitar masses and cool feel good warm fuzzies are not going to change that.

When any organization is unsafe for kids, its unsafe to or for people. As far as I'm concerned, the Catholic church is unsafe for kids.

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My time spent working with the Catholic Church [View all] Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 OP

Thank you. As a lapsed and very tomg Mar 2013 #1

I'm humbled by your story. You have gained an insight few have had. freshwest Mar 2013 #2

I was truly humbled by the story of the priest I met from El Salvador Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #4

Bravo! a la izquierda Mar 2013 #3

I also work with a Catholic agency Sanity Claws Mar 2013 #5

I can understand those issues Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #6

And where does the money Catholic Charities speds come from? This is what gets left out: Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #7

True. Don't doubt a word of it... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #8

Hamas does a lot of charity work michigandem58 Mar 2013 #9

Granted Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #10

you're equating the catholic church with hamas now? okay. "the US does a lot of charity work. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #15

The OP understood my point michigandem58 Mar 2013 #16

i understood very well. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #17

Actually I think I understand both your points for what it's worth n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #18

There is a lot of good at the local levels BellaLuna Mar 2013 #11

Yes, there are some exceptions, like Romero, and I would likely add John XXIII Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #13

Agreed BellaLuna Mar 2013 #19

I know someone who has a work association with Catholic Charities in Philly. onehandle Mar 2013 #12

I agree with the OP. Many Catholics are wonderful. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #14

Some of the files of refugees we opened nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #20

I worked for Catholic Charities for a year. kwassa Mar 2013 #21

I think most people want to be heroes. And for some, an ave. has been the MichiganVote Mar 2013 #22