Reply #17: I was lucky -

[Tangerine LaBamba]

fell into the hands of Jesuits when it came time for higher education. They did plenty to turn me against Mother Church - and I often wonder if that was part of their plan. But I never encountered a more wonderful group of men.

Some people say there's no such thing as a "lapsed" or "recovering" Catholic, and I think that's right. If they got you at that early age, they got into your head in the same way as walking or talking did - just normal things to do. But, we have to struggle with that brainwashing every day - and some of us are successful at it.

I wrote a book that was, in parts, intensely anti-Catholic Church, and when it was published (and, of course a copy was sent to the law school where I was teaching at the time, a prominent Catholic university - to be included in "Publications By Faculty Members" in the school's newsletter), I was politely informed that my contract would not be renewed.

Which was exactly what I expected from them, which was why I gave the mailing information to my publisher's publicity department.

Life goes on .................