tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368831.post5715984688226025639..comments2023-06-07T02:16:48.987-07:00Comments on Streams of Mercy: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month ... (and Defend-Your-Church Month Too, It Seems)Heidi Hess Saxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791510605285520649noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368831.post-19699292592127056282008-04-10T16:36:00.001-07:002008-04-10T16:36:00.001-07:00I agree that the problem was not as widespread as ...I agree that the problem was not as widespread as the press made it out to be ... Nevertheless, there were both predators and (what is worse) those in higher positions of authority who did not respond appropriately. I do not think it an overstatement to call the fallout -- both in terms of lives ruined and dollars spent lining the pockets of lawyer-leeches -- a scourge (e.g. something that wastes or ravages) of the most heinous kind. In the words of a good priest friend of mine, "Purification is painful, but necessary."Heidi Hess Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791510605285520649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368831.post-56541175308602527332008-04-10T16:36:00.000-07:002008-04-10T16:36:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Heidi Hess Saxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791510605285520649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9368831.post-81663828186714231852008-04-09T20:52:00.000-07:002008-04-09T20:52:00.000-07:00Whats this predatory scourge? Maybe I am new in th...Whats this predatory scourge? Maybe I am new in this bloggin world. There is no scourge that I know of, at least not in the Catholic Church. I talked to a lawyer in Detroit who was asked to represent some of these alleged predators. Out of about 300 he dealt with he is pretty certain only one was guilty of anything. Meanwhile these poor priests lose everything just because someone made an anonymous phone call about something they thought might have happened 30 years ago! YEESH! Why do people believe what they read in the newspapers!? Perhaps if people read the fine print they will notice that most cases involve willing teenagers,,,hmmm Could these be cases of Gays being let loose in the sanctuary!? Statistics show that there are a lot more perverts in the medical profession, but you won't be reading about that. . If any of these poor accused priests read this please write to me, because I would like to tell your story. I am sick of hearing from the media about these victims and the memories that their therapists have dug out. What does this do to the real victims of abuse? Does anyone remember the "scourge" in the USSR about 50 years ago? Thats the first way they got rid of you and sent you to the Gulag, accuse you of being a pervert! Well thanks for letting me not too sensitively vent about a sensitive issue. I better go back to reading about St Faustina and Divine Mercy, we are all gonna need it in these dangerous times.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793463607285951628noreply@blogger.com