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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (50744)	6/13/2002 11:07:58 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I'll have to remember to ask her. ;-) If you do, be sure to ask about Droopy rather than Fifi. She hisses at the mere mention of a cat.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (50744)	6/13/2002 11:28:01 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Here's a thoughtful and longish article you might want to read. An old subject. For 3 Who Warned Church, Fears Borne Out Priest, Journalist and Professor Who Foresaw Sex Abuse Scandal Frustrated by Bishops' Response By Steve Twomey Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, June 13, 2002; Page A01 In an auditorium in the Minnesota countryside one June day, the bishops of the American Roman Catholic Church were gathered in closed conclave. It was a heady time. They had used their moral standing to plunge into the nation's political debates, taking bold positions on the dangers of capitalism and nuclear arms. But those were not the agenda items of this session. The bishops were being briefed about priests who sexually abuse minors. And a new, internal-eyes-only document was circulating at the highest levels that bore a chilling, simple message: The abuse problem had catastrophic potential. It had been written, in part, by a canon lawyer, the Rev. Thomas P. Doyle. As the bishops met, two other men with a vital interest in the issue sat on a garden bench nearby. One was Thomas C. Fox, editor of the National Catholic Reporter, which had published a stunning report on abuse only days before. The other was Eugene C. Kennedy, a psychology professor whose exploration of the emotional maturity of priests had suggested the underpinnings of abuse cases. The evidence -- from Doyle, Fox, Kennedy, among others -- was great and growing. Doyle thought the bishops would heed it. "I was naive," he said. Kennedy and Fox, sitting on the bench, thought the worst. "We both had a sinking feeling," Fox said. Their fear was, "They don't get it. And they're gonna blow it." That was in 1985. <snip> washingtonpost.com