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Catholic29
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Is this more about claimants and lawyers wanting more money, or is there something to this?
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WanderAimlessly
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This could open a who can of worms. By doing this, a priest will be labeled for life even if he is innocent. This is nothing but vindictiveness.
At some point, the Church is going to have to fight back and fight back hard against this persecution.
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At some point, the Church is going to have to fight back and fight back hard against this persecution.
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JOHNYJ
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The Scandal goes on and on with no end in sight. The Catholic church proves over and over it is its own worst enemy. Instead of cleaning house from top to bottom. The bishops at first just stone walled than sacrificed the priests to the wolfes while protecting themselves, which they continue to do.
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Catherine_S
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JOHNYJ said:
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I agree with you and this can certainly be discouraging at times. I think that the Lord is puriflying His Church in our day ( cleaning the inside of the cup if you like) but it** will** come to an end. There are many protestant churches going through the same in this area of sexual abuse but just not to the same degree as the Catholic Church nor is it publicized as much. It appears that the** Lord** is puriflying them through disintegration…splitting and dividing.We need to remember that God is in charge and there are always built in consequences that will automatically come to us ( individually or as a community) if things are out of God’s order. When the Light draws near the dirt is revealed so that it can be cleaned up. Disallustionment and pain are doors that open us to deeper faith and deeper comittment. We Catholics need to pray every day for our faithful and true priests (the flowers that far out number the weeds) for they need our love and support as they live out their comittment to Him and to his flock. As we are given more sight our focus must always remain on the Light and not on the darkness that is being shown to us.
God Bless You,
Shalom,
Catherine
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Monica02
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I wish they would start now! This whole thing with McCormack seems way too perfect. Alleged letters that no one can produce,
no one willing to cooperate with the Archdiocese in the investigation after the first August allegation that the police said did not produce enough evidence to charge Father McCormack, allegations convieniently appearing at just the right time so that someone can claim that they were abused after the Archdiocese was informed of an allegation they could not investigate.
I smell rats in this thing and I think their names are Barbara Blaine and Jeffrey Anderson. I would like to see an investigation into these people and their organizations, I suspect some sort of illegal conspiricy to obtain Church wealth. I would like to know if lawyers like Anderson are funding SNAP and Barbara Blaine. I do know that SNAP gets support from Call to Action.
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a_cermak
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This lawsuit isn’t about money. It’s about public disclosure of all accusations. You can argue that it’s unfair to defame the names of those not judged guilty in court or even worse, dead; but you can’t claim this case is about money grubbing, because there is no financial angle.
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frommi
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Your kidding right?
It seems like more than a small stretch to think that there is some kind of wide ranging conspiracy to bankrupt the church.
Face facts, the church has bungled this whole thing almost from the beginning.
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Monica02
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I am not kidding. The McCormack case so smacks of set-up. Why didn’t anyone cooperate in the investigation in August? The Archdiocese could not even obtain the name or age of the boy who was allegedly molested? Why wouldn’t hte parents of the boy want the Archdiocese to look into the allegations? My understatnding is tht the police were legally bound to not discuss the matter with the Archdiocese, but why would not the school or the parish? It does not make sense unless somone wanted to set the Archdiocese up for a lawsuit claiming that they knew McCormack was a risk but refused to remove him. Cardinal George followed the Dallas Charter to a tee.
I do not think the Archdiocese bungled this case at all. The police could not hold McCormack in August and without cooperation or information how could C.G. have removed him.
If I thought someone molested my kid and the police could not do anything then I for sure would be in touch with the Archdiocese in an attempt to remove the guy. I for sure would be telling everyone at the school and parish. Why so closed mouth unless they want McCormack to hang around awhile so that the Archdiocese can be held liable and damages can be awarded,
I do believe Anderson , Blaine and many others are involved in some sort of conspiricy.
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WanderAimlessly
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That is what they say, but that does not make it true. It is my opinion that this will turn into a shakedown at some point.
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frommi
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Did it ever dawn on you that they didn’t go to the archdiocese because they didn’t trust the archdiocese?
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Catholic29
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Good point, it dawned on me if no one else.
So here we are 4 years after the Scandal first cut loose in Boston, and to me it seems quite apparent that the Chicago archdiocese has yet to learn from their experience and that of innumerable other dioceses across the country. I think now it would be prudent for Cardinal George to put a call through to Archbishop O’Malley and take a few notes.
With the American hierarchy’s track record in these matters, it doesn’t suprise me at all that Blaine, Anderson and company wouldn’t trust the archdiocese, sad as it is.
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bones_IV
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That’s a bad excuse frommi. It’s called working together and being part of the solution. Can’t you just admit that you are blind to the actual facts, rather than creating cliches.
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Catholic29
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Could it be too little too late?
Things would of been alot better for him and the Church had he done this four years ago, when the abuse scandal broke wide open in the first place. But lets hope this is a small step in the right direction, even though the damage has been done.
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Monica02
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No, not really because the archdiocese tried to investigate and could get no facts. This attempt by the archdiocese should have been taken by the parents of the alleged victim as sincere concern on the part of the archdiocese.
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