[Oe List ...] Penance is required

[Sarah H. Buss]

I absolutely agree.  That was not my point. Sorry to miscommunicate.

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> On Aug 20, 2018, at 2:34 PM, Del Morrill via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Unfortunately, marriage is not necessarily an answer to pedophilia.  I have worked with too many clients who lived as children with pedophiliacs - fathers, grandfathers, uncles - all married!
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> From: OE <oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> On Behalf Of Sarah H. Buss via OE
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 9:33 AM
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> Cc: Sarah H. Buss <shbuss at mac.com>
> Subject: [Oe List ...] Penance is required
> 
> A meditative thought:
> If the Catholic Church is to survive, it must allow priests to marry (and women to be priests). That is it’s penance! Otherwise it will continue to be a magnet for pedophiles.
> If victims demand it, perhaps this could be a part of their healing process. Others could join in support.
> Whatever the Catholic Church’s response, it must be radical, structural, and more than empty words.
> Prayers, prayers, and more prayers,
> Sarah
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