Church still unreformed

Kay & Terri, the better question to ask is: What is the evidence against the accused? Mere accusations in the absence of evidence is insufficient to prove guilt. If there is credible evidence AND the cleregy is not being prosecuted in these cases, then your questions become valid.

God @ 11:25 AM PST, Jan 16, 2008

A bill is needed to break the marriage of church and state? Nah, we already have something better --it's called the Constitution. What we need is an administration that doesn't shamelessly suck up to the religious "right" like the resident dimwits in the White House. Quite frankly, it's not a matter of Church and State. It's a matter of evidence or lack thereof. Without evidence, it's one person's word against anothers.

God @ 10:37 PM PST, Jan 15, 2008

What's the reason police, judges and elected officials allegedly refuse and fail to prosecute these serious crimes? Maybe it's that age-old reason of law --not enough evidence.

God @ 10:25 PM PST, Jan 15, 2008

The LA Archdiocese sounds like a great place to work! Where do I get an application for a vocation?

Brian DeVries @ 6:04 PM PST, Jan 10, 2008

Real Good Question, Terri. Why haven't bishops and cardinals been prosecuted?

Kay Ebeling @ 3:08 PM PST, Jan 10, 2008

where was anyone then and where is anyone now? sometimes i wonder about all these victims and when you share your american tragedy with them they are nowhere to be found. i feel everyone wears they're suffering on their sleeves and can't see past theirselves to help ease another victim's suffering. i see alot of selfishness as in oh it's just my cause that matters. i don't see any support in any groups; it's just alot of blogging and no one is on target yet. this is all potitical and there is no true seperation of church and state in america. the state and church are married and it will take only a bill to get passed to break this.

rosemary e. miranda @ 2:49 PM PST, Jan 10, 2008

I do not know enough about the cases to answer your question. How is it that victims of Catholic Church crime slip through state and federal police and what a lawyers doing to hold accountable the police, judges and elected officials that refuse and fail to prosecute these serious crimes?

Terri @ 6:30 AM PST, Jan 10, 2008

Amazing. Bodkin and Goodnow believe that all people who disagree with them and their opinions are "sheeple." They are their own worst enemies. Thankfully, their shrill voices and empty claims do not resonate with the millions of Catholics who know the law, love their kids and are taking an active role in protecting them. The reforms that victims in part helped enact are now ridiculed by some of the very same victims who preached their implementation in the first place. Bodkin and Goodnow sing the same old song. It is now tired-sounding and out of step with reality. The flock has moved on, folks. We're not as dumb as you think.

baaaaahhhh!!! @ 2:52 PM PST, Jan 9, 2008

I fully agree with Anthony M. De Marco's assessment that "Sister Sheila McNiff's recent Op-Ed article "Tallying church abuse" is nothing more than the Archdiocese of Los Angeles' latest attempt to have the laity and public simply trust that the church will protect children placed in its care." What I find particularly distasteful is that a woman religious has become so much a part of the disease of clericalism that affects the hierarchy of our church and therefore complicit in the further abuse of its injured members. Sister M. Immaculata Dunn maryidunn@yahoo.com Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Sister M. Immaculata Dunn @ 6:04 AM PST, Jan 9, 2008

Our government should create a deck of cards with Mahoney, Bevilaqua and all the other bishops, cardinals and church scoundrels who enabled young children to be used as sex toys. Rewards should be offered to bring in these criminals. If their civil liberties are violated, so be it. The red hats are all criminals anyway. Respectfully, Mon Dawn

Mon Dawn @ 7:09 PM PST, Jan 8, 2008

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