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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:38 PM Original message |
Nuns are focus of sexual abuse allegations |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. NUNS???? Holy crap! |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Reminds me of the play on words |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
120. Religion has been used as a cover for more than just politics for |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. "recovered memory" isn't reliable enough to be the basis to ruin a life |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Well said, LeftyMom |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. That's certainly my experience and that of many survivors I know |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. are you saying that memories aren't repressed at all |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I'm saying that "recovered memories" |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Right, but by recovered memories |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. There is no such thing as "recovered memory therapy". |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. an odd post |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:18 AM Response to Reply #44 |
69. RMT, as it is called in some sectors of both the psych. world and |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #69 |
98. Do you mean those ridiculous checklists |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
133. If I remember correctly, there is an age where memory of abuse can be hazy |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Exactly what makes you an expert on "recovered" memory |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Nonsense. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
96. Gee, you still haven't cited YOUR source. nt |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. On the contrary, in the 14 years I worked with survivors, most if not all |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
76. I would say that in the cases of true recovered memories... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
92. And I agree there are unethical therapists who do or do not work |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. It's sad. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #92 |
126. I said it was possible, not always the case |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
101. It IS someone else's business when they decide to sue someone |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. "Recovered memory" is usually a newly implanted memory |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. What science are you citing as valid? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
50. What a neat little rhetorical trick. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:00 AM Response to Reply #50 |
68. And your reason for not posting the title of the article you cite is? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #68 |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. I am not trained in EMDR and don't use it. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Neither have you. But the difference between us is that |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
103. I'll cite to you the McMartin Day Care "child abuse" case |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #103 |
135. FYI..... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I think you need to define what your understanding of "recovered" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
67. No thanks. I don't do research for posters. Google is your friend. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #67 |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. Wow. You're really into this. Ok. Correct my spelling, grammer, whatever. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. "Repressed Memories" sounds like Freudian nonsense to me. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Nope, just someone who isn't easily taken in by nonsense. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
109. Somebody apparently didn't like what I said! |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
119. more often the nun/ orders have admitted abuse offered reparations..the OP |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. A lot of the nuns I went through grade school |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. If all of the now very elderly nuns who |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Public school teachers also mistreated students. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I had an 8th grade public school teacher who'd |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. My mother thought that some orders were nicer than others -- she |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
130. It's Worse Than That |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. The only teacher I ever saw abuse a kid was an Ex-nun |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. In one classsroom in our junior high, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's still legal in a number of states. There was a Supreme Court case |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I recall it, too |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. The junior high where the hole was in the blackboard |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
49. It might be because they've lost perspective, or |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
104. Kid in my school jumped out a 3rd floor class window, |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. What a horrible story. That woman clearly had |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. were you in my 5th grade math class??? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. I never thought about telling my parents about the nasty teachers. |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #51 |
81. Well said. My mom had no love for nuns, either, as the ones she knew |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
134. true true.... |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. The difference between public school teachers who abuse children |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Greater guilt? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
71. "greater guilt" in terms of their belief system or that of their family. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #71 |
88. Sorry, but "greater guilt" in terms of sin just doesn't fly with me |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:23 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I am not in disagreement with you about abuse and its devastation |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #88 |
131. Having Been Repeatedly Abused By Both Clergy And An Average Pedophile |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
73. My 4th grade teacher would |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
74. I too had similar experience |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Hell, I went to Catholic School K-4 in the 80-90s |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. I'm curious about what part of the country you lived in during that |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
59. St. Francis Academy in Union City, NJ |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. The public schools probably were rough, but it sounds like |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. They were rough. My mom actually taught at the public school down |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Okay, I'll bite. How exactly do you break a nun? |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
72. when I was in kindergarten... |
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mariema (100 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #72 |
86. Me, too! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #86 |
105. When I was in third grade in public school, the boy I remember being |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #72 |
87. I attended a public school kindergarten with a kind, |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
123. Based on my experience of 16 years of Catholic education-- |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. As jaded as I am when it comes to the Catholic Church I gotta say |
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ecoalex (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Nuns marry jesus, have the ring and all |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh I agree about the physical rough stuff. I was the recipient of many |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. I found the nuns I had to be dedicated teachers |
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World Traveller (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nuns Who Taught Me Were Dedicated Teachers |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Mine ran the gamut, I think |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 09:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. A world apart |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Both eddie and all you other kids were abused by that nun that day |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
54. As I said, my mother had had experience with nasty nuns, so I |
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smokey nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
94. Submariner....... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Thanks for your post, World Traveller. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't doubt |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. An acquaintance of mine was involved in the Philly |
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ruggerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. Does this mean Sally Field is going to San Quentin? |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Sr. Bertrille... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. ROFL |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
100. But once the breeze blows strongly enough....... she's gone! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. "even now decades later?" |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I can understand your rant... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Maybe you missed this, but one of the cases in the OP is related to |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. i am a strong supporter of the statute of limitations |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Missouri Supreme Court has just opened the door to this garbage, too. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:58 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. I agree that we have to have a statute of limitations. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
61. McMartin Preschool redux. |
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Roberta (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
66. Sexual Abuse - Nuns...What about NON Nuns? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
70. "Alleged recovered memory" ? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
84. Indeed. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. "weird sadomasochistic imagery" won't hold up in a Court of Law.... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I don't really care about the law cases |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #80 |
102. It's not that they never did. It's certainly possible there were offenders |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. wrong, nuns can and do have offices. and i have been in a convent too. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:43 PM Response to Reply #106 |
111. I know a slew of Catholics, present and ex (including myself) |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. we had some evil abusive nuns, and some wonderful ones, too. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Who are the people who are so upset? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. people freaking out upthread assuming it's like the mc martin/ hypnosis |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. Clearly, several of the women in the article had valid claims. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. yep, and it disturbed me the knee jerk reaction as if it was all made up |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #122 |
127. No, you're right. They have super shallow pockets. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. isn't it funny how the structure seemed to mirror |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Orders of brothers are also disconnected financially, as are orders of |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #106 |
114. Did the average teaching nun have an office? Like the average priest? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. none of the priest had offices that i recall. they had that back of the |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #117 |
124. I read the articles, and I agree that several of the woman had valid |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:45 PM Response to Reply #102 |
108. My grandmother grew up in a Catholic orphanage |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. You're right. An orphanage is the kind of place that would |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
78. "recovered memory?" Total crap. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
112. there's one mention of recovered memory out of 6-7 cases profiled.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
79. Were they Nuns In Leather or just plain old nuns? |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. LOL! Nuns in chaps. Now there's an image. n/t |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
85. New evidence shows false memories can be created |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #85 |
107. it makes no distinction between those with no memory and those with |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
125. "Reluctance of attorneys," right. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
132. Nasty Habits |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
136. I heard of a nun raped by a priest to keep quiet. |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. You're thinking of the Da Vinci Code. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Never read that, actually. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
139. We're talking about a very large, very heterogeneous group of women here. |
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