tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post5602523464291035702..comments2023-07-01T00:39:39.762-07:00Comments on Father Geoff Farrow: Confess your sins, amend your life and do penanceFather Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904564207135202567noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-8717760376133141112010-05-29T17:12:02.275-07:002010-05-29T17:12:02.275-07:00Thanks for your post and for posting the link to t...Thanks for your post and for posting the link to the Frontline documentary. Completely unsurprising to see that the same people who are involved in the sex scandal are also involved in parish closings. Strangely, I sense so little outrage in the US Church today about any of these things. For the most part, it seems like business as usual. It makes me angry and reminds me of the adage, "We're part of the problem if we're not part of the solution."Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-41990815744078591002010-05-11T16:59:40.647-07:002010-05-11T16:59:40.647-07:00As an Episcopalian Catholic I still feel solidarit...As an Episcopalian Catholic I still feel solidarity with other catholics. The good still, I believe, outweighs the bad.Марко Фризияhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329850161076633932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-43222122969634509562010-05-11T07:37:47.150-07:002010-05-11T07:37:47.150-07:00GF - I'm an Episcopal priest who follows your ...GF - I'm an Episcopal priest who follows your blog regularly. Part of the reason we promote our catholicity is to make it easier for disaffected RC's to swim the Tiber! I don't 'poach', but we've absorbed several formerly RC families that came to us this past couple of years. It is a great comfort to them to find out that we use the same creed, do liturgy, etc. I have long thought that the RC church is patently idolatrous - it worships the Church, and it is berzerk over 'life' issues. Having said that, I still have huge respect for the Mother Church, and especially it's social ministries. But it seems to me that your are correct - those guys in purple up in Rome are more concerned with power than people... Bless you for your work -Fr Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232925124388686609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-24285782732206270482010-05-08T17:05:16.479-07:002010-05-08T17:05:16.479-07:00This is an excellent article. I agree with Sebast...This is an excellent article. I agree with Sebastian here. What you said is quite true. The biggest part of the scandal is the cover up that led to many more victims. Too bad that the children weren't protected as much as the bishops are.Mareczkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122584421854834046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-43415354768201304192010-05-07T17:41:14.107-07:002010-05-07T17:41:14.107-07:00Your comments are true. The scandal is not primari...Your comments are true. The scandal is not primarily a scandal about the relatively few priests who abused youths. The scandal is about the large percentage of bishops who were morally complicit in these crimes, and about their failure to take responsibility for their actions even when caught red handed.<br /><br />Heads should be rolling. Unfortunately, the hierarchy seems incapable of policing itself, and immune to policing by others. There are few options available to Catholic lay people, and fewer still available to Catholic priests and religious order members.<br /><br />It is a hell of a situation. Literally, a hell of a situation.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187627097284114180noreply@blogger.com