http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20100401/APC0101/4010583/1979/APClife
Menasha's Daniel R. Callan, a former teacher at St. Bernadette Elementary School in Appleton, is sentenced to 17 years for child molestation
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While I do know that the vast majority of Catholic priests are decent men, I am thinking that perhaps that man should have been a Catholic Priest.
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In a nauseating twist of events, some of those priests are just being reinstated-
Perhaps in a church near your kids.
March 31, 2010
While the Roman Catholic sexual abuse scandal unfolds in Europe, the Catholic Church in the U.S. is under renewed scrutiny.
In the wake of its own scandal almost a decade ago, the U.S. church says it has reformed its policies for handling sexual abuse allegations and will remove from ministry every priest who is credibly accused of abuse.
But some of those priests are now being quietly reinstated. Read More...
How sick are all these stories? They have made the rounds for many years now- With each new story comes a deepening sickness in the pit of our souls.
I was born and raised Roman Catholic. (I even remember the Latin High Masses). While our Father M. Fetko was very very strange man, scary too, I don't think he was a pedophile. He was just a lunatic priest.
For many reasons I disassociated myself from the Catholic Church. To name a few:
- I say my little prayers.
- I do believe that much of which is in The Bible are true accountings.
- I do not believe that the pope is infallible.
- I do not believe I need to confess my sins to another mere mortal, unless I want to.
- I can say nothing more in church than I can say at the side of my bed each night.
- I do not believe that ANY baby is born with sin or in shame.
- I DO believe that many people have more faith in their little finger than they are ever given credit for.
Ultimately, I lost a ton of respect for "the church" when they refused to baptize my CaseyAnne because her parents were not married.
... 'Sins of the fathers' and all that noisy crap.
In the end, Casey was baptized Catholic at a church in Green Bay.
One of my neighbors has 2 mixed~race children (aren't we all?). Sts Edward and Isisdore also refused to baptize her babies.
Much like myself, we do consider ourselves 'Christian', with open hearts and open arms toward all religions.
But those same arms would never embrace all the cover up stories the church has been telling.
XOXO
Me
