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cbayer

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7. I think that would be an excellent response.
Mon May 5, 2014, 04:30 PM
May 2014

Clean house and let them be treated as the criminals they are.

He does have an opportunity here and I am interested to see how he responds.

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Just heard a story about this on NPR. cbayer May 2014 #1
That's a bzarre arguement, that would imply that the US government has no responsibility for... stone space May 2014 #2
I agree and the committee has reportedly responded by dismissing this claim. cbayer May 2014 #3
Agree. That's a flimsy argument. Vatican City may be a municipality, yet the Vatican, pinto May 2014 #4
They are reaching for straws in terms of legal maneuvers, and I think cbayer May 2014 #5
Yeah. And they could also defrock them and allow civil authorities to follow up as appropriate. pinto May 2014 #6
I think that would be an excellent response. cbayer May 2014 #7
Wow, that's a great idea! skepticscott May 2014 #8
Just stating the obvious, skepticscott. Or restating others' support for it here in the forum. pinto May 2014 #9
Obvious to some, perhaps skepticscott May 2014 #10
You would support a move like that, I think. Right? pinto May 2014 #11
I've advocated for it here on multiple occasions, as have others skepticscott May 2014 #12
This is what the fight is about: rug May 2014 #13
But why are they fighting it at all? cbayer May 2014 #14
Institutionally, removing the statute of limitations would be a catastrophe. rug May 2014 #15
Could you expand on this, because I don't know what you mean. cbayer May 2014 #16
If the abuse is deemed by the UN to be torture, every single allegation, true or otherwise, rug May 2014 #17
I'm really ambivalent about this. cbayer May 2014 #18
I don't think the UN per se intends to destroy it. rug May 2014 #19
Does the committee have the option of finding it something other than cbayer May 2014 #20
I haven't looked into it that closely but that's usually an option with these types of bodies. rug May 2014 #21
Do you have an opinion on what would be a fair and reasonable outcome? cbayer May 2014 #22
I despise judges so my solution is probably not the best one. rug May 2014 #23
Works for me. I think there is a reasonable consequence that corrects cbayer May 2014 #24
Update: Vatican Defrocks 848 Priests in 10 Years of Abuse cbayer May 2014 #25
Goody goody for them skepticscott May 2014 #26
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