tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949653926664225332.post4543432521268329472..comments2023-10-22T07:47:58.821-04:00Comments on Archangel: CHEERS AND JEERS !Msgr. Harry J. Byrnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01045288678670088353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949653926664225332.post-17516863941933830502008-08-28T22:35:00.000-04:002008-08-28T22:35:00.000-04:00ironknee has the cart before the horse, how many v...ironknee has the cart before the horse, how many vocations have been lost due to sexual abuse? Not just the poor soul who was abused but his brothers, cousins and friends who became disillusioned with church and turn a deaf ear to God's call. And the next generation and so on. <BR/>How many avoided seminaries the had a homosexual sub-culture and questionable theology? How many diocese's have no priest to ordain or only one or two even though they have hundreds of thousands of "registered" members? I see a clear link between sexual abuse and the lack of vocations. <BR/><BR/>Canon law, civil law, natural law and common sense were violated by our bishops by covering up the abuse. It seams the only justice they will ever see is Divine justice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07057093097555183051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949653926664225332.post-20005854125252461072008-08-20T10:23:00.000-04:002008-08-20T10:23:00.000-04:00I didn't comment on either of your previous two po...I didn't comment on either of your previous two posts because I agreed with them completely. One thing that concerns me is the notion that punishment of offending priests somehow equals "protection" of children. Punishment only serves to satisfy our all-too-human desire for revenge. The situation is infinitely more complex than either the Dallas charter or the debate about statutes of limitation make it out to be. Protection means prevention, and punishing somebody twenty or more years after an offense doesn't protect anybody.<BR/><BR/>Another concern I have is protection of the Church. I don't mean the Church's reputation. I mean the Church that is desperate for the sacraments and that is deprived of the sacraments every time a priest is suspended or laicized. It would be revealing, I think, to determine the number of parishes and chaplaincies that have been closed as a direct result of the suspension of priests because of sexual abuse.IronKneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960578366044341478noreply@blogger.com