Topic tags: brian doyle, National Caricature: a Note, the thirty, On the Difficulty of Translating, American
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The story The Thirty needs to be published in all Catholic media throughout the country. We,'the people in the pews', keep hearing and reading media reports on paedophile priests and the general public is lapping it all up. We all need to be reminded that these evil men are in the minority. However, the continued highlighting of their misdemeanours is shaking the faith of many of us - we need to be reminded that they are just men - we need to concentrate on what OUR faith is and what it means to be a follower of Jesus and forget about those who hide behind their collars to perpetrate their crimes. We need to be reminded of the good and faithful priests who lead us. Having said all that, I am thankful that our family was never up close and personal with any member of the clergy because I would have trusted them implicitly with my children. Unfortunately, parents now cannot be so trusting even with the innocent priests. Pat | 13 July 2010
Couldn't agree more about the thirty good men. The Church's problem is the 99.9% of bishops who cover up for the bad ones and place the reputaion of the whole Church I.E. priests, brothers and laity, in a state of serious doubt. the road to hell is lined with the bones of bad bishops be they the Bishops of Rome or a small country diocese. Yet another case on ABC TV last night (12th July) of a local bishop covering up a paedophilic priest. In Ireland where the situation is rife, surely a visiting priest has to get a clearance from his homeland bishop to practice ? Email makes it as near as next door. But no, this local Australian bishop was covering up and the Irish bishops equally lax. If we sack a few bishops (that is full excommunication) for cover ups, the church might show that it is serious about these matters. philip | 13 July 2010
God bless nutters with typewriters. Michael McVeigh | 13 July 2010
The story of the thirty good Priests is so accurate but perhaps there are many more than the thirty. How sad that our Publications consistently publicise only the negatives of the behaviour of our Priests ignoring the many positive unselfish clergy who support us in our daily life with it's many problems Pamela Byrnes | 16 July 2010
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