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The Roman Catholic Church makes it official (at least in New York), and is taking steps to educate children accordingly.
With a coloring book.
Angelic Advice: A new comic book warns children against being alone in a closed room with an adult (Newsweek)
| Quote: | After years of humiliating sexual-abuse scandals, Roman Catholic Church officials are trying harder than ever to convince parishioners that they're doing everything they can to prevent such tragedies from happening again. That means public education, training programs and—in the New York Archdiocese—a surprisingly direct, abuse-themed coloring book for kids that's being sent to parishioners across the area. At first glance, "Being Friends, Being Safe, Being Catholic" is what you'd expect from a Christian handout: lessons in loving thy neighbor and knowing we're all special in God's eyes, plus a fun word search with names of people whom kids can trust (parents, counselors, teachers). Many of the book's cartoon-sketch drawings, which were created by a church volunteer, are light in tone and narrated by an angel looming overhead. But on one page, the angel warns of an online predator—with chest hair exposed—who attempts to chat with a child; on another (shown above), the angel implies that children should make sure they're never alone in a room with a priest.
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Emphasis added. See it's all about the poor little Church avoiding humiliation.
I've got an even better idea. Everyone, not just children, should avoid being around, not just priests, but clergypersons of all persuasions. Not just alone but in groups. |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:38 pm |
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Fuckin' incredible. 
Jesus Buffy, Sister Whiplash did what to your special purpose??? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:46 am |
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Ever see an episode of the old Dick van Dyke show? The one where Morrie Amsterdam is the sidekick (or whatever he was)?
That brunette angel in the background is Mary you-know-who.  |
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| Abdul Alhazred wrote: | Ever see an episode of the old Dick van Dyke show? The one where Morrie Amsterdam is the sidekick (or whatever he was)?
That brunette angel in the background is Mary you-know-who. |
I did, actually. It was a fun show. |
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Old TV is always more accessible than old comic books.
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FYI:
In the few episodes of "To Catch a Predator" on NBC I have watched, the only clergy caught was a Rabbi.....
I am not defending the Catholics, clergy of any faith can be corrupt and inmoral. |
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| Doesn't matter. Those who prey on children should be handcuffed, manicled, properly weighted and marched into the sea. |
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| skepticdoc wrote: | | clergy of any faith can be corrupt and inmoral. |
In this day and age when our very survival may depend upon getting the facts straight, methinks you're a bit soft on clergy here.
"Clergy.. corrupt and immoral..." is redundant, even though clergy of all stripes including often lead charity programs on the side, same as any well-entrenched crime syndicate.
I'm aware that this observation sticks it to a few people's elderly uncles who promote magical thinking and are ever so sweet and kind leaders of al Qaeda or other groups. Doesn't change a thing. |
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| DrMatt wrote: | "Clergy.. corrupt and immoral..." is redundant, even though clergy of all stripes including often lead charity programs on the side, same as any well-entrenched crime syndicate.
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Quite right.
But in the case of the Roman Catholic Church there is a hierarchy. A congregation cannot fire a priest.
Thus you have the institutional cover-up as well as the individual offenses.
That's the big scandal, not here-a-priest there-a-priest. |
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