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Gopher
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 Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:58 am Post subject: "Uniquely American Problems," or so it goes... |
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"We should be more like the Europeans, who do not suffer our degeneracy," etc., etc.
"The Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal is uniquely American, because Americans have too much time on their hands," blah, blah, blah, according to a proud, nationalist Latin-American priest I know...
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Weekend Edition Sunday, June 24, 2007 � In the last decade, clerical abuse scandals involving Roman Catholic priests erupted in the United States and several European and Latin American countries.
Yet in Italy � a bastion of Catholicism � the issue never came to the surface and never made headlines.
Now, in the Vatican's backyard, the veil of secrecy is beginning to lift.
Friday, in St. Peter's Square, outside Pope Benedict XVI's apartments, about 30 people gathered to demand justice for victims of clerical sex abuse. Some held a banner proclaiming "Stop the Vatican Cover-Up."
This was the final event of a day-long symposium on clerical sex abuse organized by the Radical Party on the premises of the Italian parliament.
The day began with the screening of an American documentary, broadcast in January on PBS, by filmmaker Joe Cultrera about his brother Paul, a victim of clerical sex abuse.
The story of Paul Cultrera, who kept silent for 30 years, resonated with the participants in the symposium.
Marco Marchese, a 26-year-old from Agrigento in Sicily, says he was absued by a priest for four years, starting when he was 12.
He says the American story is "the story of all of us..." |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| The Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal is uniquely American, because Americans have too much time on their hands," |
Yeah, your friend should familiarize himself with Newfoundland history...
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-5-2002_pg4_3
But who knows. Maybe it's an anglo thing. Then again, I can easily imagine why a South American celrgymam would want to claim that clerical misbehavior is a uniquely USA thing. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Wasn'r there a case of a Chilean priest who was running an orphanage where he was the biological father to many of his clients.
I seem to remeber seeing an article on this. I think it happened in africa too. |
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