On Nov 11, 2006, at 5:27 AM, pentalab wrote:
--- In ham_amplifiers@..., R L Measures <r@...> wrote:
On Nov 11, 2006, at 12:27 AM, pentalab wrote:
--- In ham_amplifiers@..., R L Measures <r@...>
wrote:
### Interesting. Per a 2 hr documentary on A+E... the church
coughed up 600 million cash.. for families of victims.... for
exactly 600 x priest's. All were settled out of court.
RICH SEZ...So far, over $1100-million has been paid out in the
U. S. and the Los Angeles archdiocese has yet to settle with the
600+ victims of its 170+ pedo- priests. Two of my friends were
victims. . . trivia: Archbishop of L.A., Roger Mahony's
callsign is W6QYI.
### U gotta be kidding ? $1100- million is 1.1 BILLION BUX
Correct. That a stack of Ben Franklins 44,000 inches high.
! Now u know where the money goes every week. My older sis thinks
it's all hogwash... "they couldn't possibly have done any of it"...
and they must be nothing but..."unsubstantiated allegations" by a
bunch of witch hunting sour grapes types.
Take the case of Fr. Paul Shanley. His defense attorneys argued unsuccessfully that he was unfairly seduced by a cute six-year old boy.
The trbl is.... even
though $1100 million has been paid out of court.
The total includes in court as well as out of court settlements - a.k.a., "hush-money". Thus, the total is an estimate made by attorneys who litigate such cases.
... meanwhile these
pedo-priest's are still running amuck...free. You only hear of
the odd one being locked up.... if they can find him.
### so what do you think is the real problem ? Is is the Priest's
vow of celibacy.... and/or that they can't marry.... or is the
church a magnet for nut cases ?
That's a question with a complex answer. As I see it, if they have a job rule that priests can't do it with women, odds are that those men who do not want to do it with women will be interested in the job.
### I'd be embarassed to belong to a bozo run outfit like that.
Amen, however, some of my friends have told me I would make a good priest. Maybe they were joking?...
R L Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734
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