The Catholic Church
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If the Catholic Church were a corporation and you owned stock in it, I would recommend selling. There appears to be a genuine sickness at the heart of the church. This sexual celibacy routine which began several hundred years after Jesus of Nazareth died has caused some odd results. Homosexual priests are almost the norm now rather than the rare exception.
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And for some time the scandal over priests engaging in anal intercourse with young boys in their church has grown. Now the reports of nuns also engaging in sexual harassment of young and vulnerable members of their parish are beginning to come out. Stories of pregnant nuns and brutality by nuns in positions of power have been quite common for many years, but these resports of nuns engaging in sex with the youth of their church have just started to trickle out.
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A Roman Catholic nun pleaded no contest yesterday to two counts of indecent behavior with a child in connection with accusations from the 1960s when she was a principal and teacher at a Catholic school in Milwaukee.
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The nun, Norma Giannini, 79, faces up to 20 years in prison for what prosecutors say was sexual abuse of two male students.
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Although dozens of nuns have been accused of sexual abuse, often in civil lawsuits, Sister Giannini is one of the first to face criminal charges, said Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, a group that compiles reports about abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Mary Pat Fox, president of Voice of the Faithful, a lay group formed in response to the Catholic sexual abuse scandal, said she hoped the case would encourage more victims of nuns to come forward. “I think this is the tip of the iceberg,” Ms. Fox said.
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/us/13nun.html?ref=us
What ever happened to "The meek shall inherit the earth." It seems that the absolute power of these religious leaders has corrupted them absolutely and led to their destructive moral decay.
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The damage they have done to these young people is unforgivable.
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I am not a Catholic, and I don't know what advice I would give to Joseph Ratzinger if I were asked. But unless he is going to watch this 2,000 year old institution crumble during his watch, he needs to take some serious and dramatic action.
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Not just words, but strong action.
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Excommunication should be the minimum punishment for any Church employee who uses his religious power to sexually harass any member of his/her parish.
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