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9. "some of them unfortunately have fallen short of their commitments"

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 10:57 PM

Dec 2013

Um, excuse me? They didn't "fall short of their commitments". They broke the law and committed heinous crimes against children.

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In clearest statement to date, Pope prays for victims of sex abuse [View all] onehandle Dec 2013 OP

Sounds like the same old bullshit to me. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #1

Really, you have heard other Popes say the same thing? I never have. olddad56 Dec 2013 #25

yeah, almost word for word. Warren Stupidity Dec 2013 #27

Writing a bad homily is falling short of commitments... Deep13 Dec 2013 #4

yeh. That line amazes me. Whisp Dec 2013 #19

So what does that even mean.."support abuse victims"? skepticscott Dec 2013 #5

"some of them unfortunately have fallen short of their commitments" Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #9

The expression is, "A few bad apples spoil the bin." Deep13 Dec 2013 #16

Do you mean instead of this one? theHandpuppet Dec 2013 #22

Yeah. Instead of that. nt Deep13 Dec 2013 #28

20,000 in the Netherlands alone Whisp Dec 2013 #20

Words? Action. Lint Head Dec 2013 #26