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rhett o rick

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8. The parents must share a great deal of the blame. Why did they trust their children to

Reply to AllTooEasy (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 05:39 PM

Feb 2014

a priest? Would they do the same for a Boy Scout leader or soccer coach or a clown? They used extremely bad judgement. And what did they do when they found out? Pray for the priest? The Church teaches that you are to obey and trust the priests because God wants it. And I guess if your children get abused, then God wanted it. What the Church doesnt want is free thinking perishers.

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Horrors! Where were the parents of these boys? JDPriestly Feb 2014 #5

Probably Working, grocery shopping, doing house choirs, cooking, and 100+ things that parents do. AllTooEasy Feb 2014 #7

The parents must share a great deal of the blame. Why did they trust their children to rhett o rick Feb 2014 #8

My church had a much smaller problem with a youth leader who let the kids do what they wanted. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #9

"Parents are responsible for their children first and foremost." Absolutely. rhett o rick Feb 2014 #10

Is the Catholic Church exempt from the law? dawn frenzy adams Feb 2014 #6

How much more do we have to find out about this guy before he's at least arrested? yurbud Feb 2014 #11