The Church’s Judas Moment M. Dowd

[elleng]

'Vatican II liberalized rules but left the most outdated one: celibacy. That vow was put in place originally because the church did not want heirs making claims on money and land. But it ended up shrinking the priest pool and producing the wrong kind of candidates — drawing men confused about their sexuality who put our children in harm’s way.

The church is dying from a thousand cuts. Its cover-up has cost a fortune and been a betrayal worthy of Judas. The money spent came from social programs, Catholic schools and the poor. This should be a sin that cries to heaven for vengeance.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/opinion/07dowd.html?hp

[Hekate]

1. Go on, MoDo. Kick ass, girl.

:kick:

Hekate

[Hekate]

2. I just looked up a bunch of MoDo's columns on the RCC scandal. She's on fire!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/opinion/07dowd.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21dowd.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/opinion/31dowd.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/opinion/04dowd.html

[elleng]

3. I generally don't read her, but found this to be quite agreeable.

(Was written by her brother, tho.) It may be her style that I don't care for.

[Mopar151]

4. If I were a Catholic

I would be puking sick over what has been done to the Church, by those whose job it is to protect it. Too many decisions have been made to protect the riches of the church, and too few to protect Catholics.

As an American, I am appalled that the RCC is treated with kid gloves - if this were another Racketeer Influenced Coruppt Orginization (RICO) - the Hells Angels, the Crips, the Mafia - Cardinal Law would be in jail, and huge Federal prosecutions would be ongoing.