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20. Exactly. You know what would have been better?

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 01:19 PM

Feb 2013

IF HE WAS CRIMINALLY PROSECUTED!!! Being relieved of your duties?! Come on! This guy was involved in one of the largest cover ups of one of the most, if not most, heinous crimes possible. Not only did he cover it up but he allowed priests to continue to abuse & molest kids! "Relieved of his duties"...give me a break! How about Life Without Parole?!

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40+ years of abuse Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #1

Exactly. You know what would have been better? Catch2.2 Feb 2013 #20

Next stop jail... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #2

Next stop...Vatican City?? MADem Feb 2013 #4

Yep that really sucks Kalidurga Feb 2013 #6

It's a life long recovery reverend_tim Feb 2013 #11

That is why I think they should be locked up and never see the outside of a prison again... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #12

Bless you and may you and your family find peace. reverend_tim Feb 2013 #13

Thank you we are getting there. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #14

God Bless all who are living with goclark Feb 2013 #28

Religion, it's a beautiful thing CranialRectaLoopback Feb 2013 #10

I'm betting that Cardinal Law agrees with that. nt MADem Feb 2013 #25

Indeed CranialRectaLoopback Feb 2013 #26

When will he be removed from the company of decent citizens . . . Journeyman Feb 2013 #3

Which schools they gonna close to pay for this doozy? aquart Feb 2013 #5

Well, well, well. At least he got his Cathedral built. Hekate Feb 2013 #7

...he makes me sick. SoapBox Feb 2013 #8

I thought Cardinals were from Arizona. Kablooie Feb 2013 #9

Church of Institutionalised Pedophilia would be a very fitting name for them. idwiyo Feb 2013 #15

It appears that Bishop Curry, at least, is an accessory after the fact. Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #16

So...what do you think? Fix The Stupid Feb 2013 #19

My point was that they tried to claim ignorance Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #21

You made a good point. By their own traditions and laws, they are culpable Hekate Feb 2013 #27

They were not naive, they knew exactly what they were goclark Feb 2013 #29

Criminals themselves zentrum Feb 2013 #17

Some answers Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #23

How do we encourage people to seek help, if we punished when they do? happyslug Feb 2013 #18

The question is, was he really replace because he tried to cover it up, or because hughee99 Feb 2013 #22

He was replaced because he hit the mandatory retirement age Fortinbras Armstrong Feb 2013 #24