NY Priest "Apologizes" for Saying Children are Often the "Seducer"

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24. Why should we STFU? If this were an isolated incident of figures in the Catholic Church

saying and doing mean, hurtful, hateful things, then you would have a case. We have no reason to believe that what Groeschel said was not what he has believed all his life. If the Catholic Church had not had such a long history of intolerance, hatred, and repression, we would be much less inclined to be critical.

"...what Father Groeschel said cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged.

The sexual abuse of a minor is a crime, and whoever commits that crime deserves to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," spokesman Joseph Zwilling said.

David Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, said there needs to be consequences for figures like Groeschel, "who say incredibly hurtful and mean-spirited things."

Incredibly hurtful, hateful, mean spirited things such as this:

Cardinal Dolan: Obama's 'gay marriage' support undermines society

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is charging President Barack Obama with undermining the “very cornerstone of society” by supporting “gay marriage.”

Bishop hits up flock to beat Referendum 74

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Yakima is hitting up worshipers in the pews of his 41 parishes to donate money to defeat Referendum 74, the same-sex-marriage measure on Washington’s November election ballot.

The Rt. Rev. Joseph Tyson, in a letter to pastors, deliverer 14 talking points and told them: “I am asking you to announce a special parishoner financial appeal” to boost the political warchest to fight marriage equality.

“In addition to informing ourselves and others about R-74, we can contribute to the campaign by using the envelope in this week’s bulletin to make a generous donation to Preserve Marriage Washington,” Tyson wrote.

Preserve Marriage Washington is the group fighting against approval of marriage equality in Washington. Washington, Maryland and Maine will vote on same-sex marriage in November, with indications that at least one and possibly all three states will approve it.

We're not the people who are advocating the spread of hatred, inequality, and intolerance on a daily basis.

The leaders of the Catholic Church are the ones doing this.