"A Warren County elementary teacher has been charged with having a sexual relationship with one of her students, a 13-year-old boy"
We Catholics have learned that child molesters are like weeds - just when you take one out, another pops up. The trick is to keep taking them out faster and faster without stopping until they become rare. Perhaps it would be useful to check out the soil (culture) we have too, just to find out why there are so many of them.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Everything you wanted to know about Paul Shanley can be found here.
via Seattle Catholic
The above link includes letters and documents showing that Shanley advocated sex between men and boys - he called the boys the seducers.
via Seattle Catholic
The above link includes letters and documents showing that Shanley advocated sex between men and boys - he called the boys the seducers.
Monday, February 07, 2005
SHANLEY GUILTY
Deo Gratias
"Shanley, 74, could get life in prison for two counts each of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child when he is sentenced Feb. 15. His bail was revoked and he was immediately led off to jail."
"The scandal intensified later in 2002 when the church released Shanley's 800-page personnel file. Despite church teachings, he argued for acceptance of homosexuality and pushed for gay rights. He called himself a "sexual expert" and advertised his counseling services in the alternative press."
Deo Gratias
"Shanley, 74, could get life in prison for two counts each of child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child when he is sentenced Feb. 15. His bail was revoked and he was immediately led off to jail."
"The scandal intensified later in 2002 when the church released Shanley's 800-page personnel file. Despite church teachings, he argued for acceptance of homosexuality and pushed for gay rights. He called himself a "sexual expert" and advertised his counseling services in the alternative press."
Saturday, February 05, 2005
Liberal Catholics stuck in the 1960's
For most Gen X Catholics this is a topic of particular concern/angst/humor. Diogenes once again hits the nail squarely on the head with excellent writing. I voted for Off the Record for one of the Catholic Blog Awards but don't remember if it was Most Insightful or Best Overall, but the blog is well worth reading for the interesting, insightful and funny posts.
For most Gen X Catholics this is a topic of particular concern/angst/humor. Diogenes once again hits the nail squarely on the head with excellent writing. I voted for Off the Record for one of the Catholic Blog Awards but don't remember if it was Most Insightful or Best Overall, but the blog is well worth reading for the interesting, insightful and funny posts.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Shanley jury gets case
I have not been watching much TV lately so this news shocked me. Paul Shanley's trial is over already? It is sad that the case against him boiled down to just one person -what happened to all those he is supposed to have molested? Shanley represents the worst of the priest-molesters as he was so public in advocating man-boy sex. It would be great to see him spend the rest of his life in jail and I wish the case involved several victims testifying against him.
I have not been watching much TV lately so this news shocked me. Paul Shanley's trial is over already? It is sad that the case against him boiled down to just one person -what happened to all those he is supposed to have molested? Shanley represents the worst of the priest-molesters as he was so public in advocating man-boy sex. It would be great to see him spend the rest of his life in jail and I wish the case involved several victims testifying against him.
PAPAL TERM LIMITS
"Future popes will be required to retire at a fixed age, according to secret plans being discussed because of the recurring health woes of John Paul II, it was reported today. "
This keeps being reported over and again but I wonder if there is any truth to it?
"Future popes will be required to retire at a fixed age, according to secret plans being discussed because of the recurring health woes of John Paul II, it was reported today. "
This keeps being reported over and again but I wonder if there is any truth to it?
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Someone sent me this email, perhaps someone can help:
"I am not Catholic, but have married into a Catholic family. I am a creative writer and have an idea for a story that deals in a favorable but human way about a priest who has served faithfully and without fanfare for fifty years. I would like to correspond with someone who has retired from parish life, has broad experiences/ and was raised in Ireland. The world needs to know not every priest was hiding a molesteror was one."
"I am not Catholic, but have married into a Catholic family. I am a creative writer and have an idea for a story that deals in a favorable but human way about a priest who has served faithfully and without fanfare for fifty years. I would like to correspond with someone who has retired from parish life, has broad experiences/ and was raised in Ireland. The world needs to know not every priest was hiding a molesteror was one."
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Has anyone heard of where the Mepham High School rapists are?? Last I heard they were sent to a boot camp in Pennsylvania but I have no idea if they are out yet. The media seems to have forgotten about them so if anyone knows whether they are free or in jail or whatever please let me know -
Ken Carney
Tom Diasparra
Phil Sofia
The civil trial, which will hopefully drain these three families of all their assets, may begin in February. Let's hope the coaches, the other players, the rapists, and the school district pay dearly.
Ken Carney
Tom Diasparra
Phil Sofia
The civil trial, which will hopefully drain these three families of all their assets, may begin in February. Let's hope the coaches, the other players, the rapists, and the school district pay dearly.
Question for readers: What do you do when someone you work with (say, an assistant) wants your job and will do anything to get it - lying, conniving, etc.. What do you do when you have thick bosses who fail to see this, or don't care as long as this person does not take their jobs? I have seen articles online about what to do but they all give the standard - put everything in writing, talk to your bosses, etc.. and these things have either been done or are of no use.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
My directory of Catholic blogs has now reached 300! I am trying to keep them updated but have already fallen behind in adding new ones as well as cutting inactive blogs. Any help would be welcome.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Hillary Clinton on Abortion:
"Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Monday that the opposing sides in the divisive debate over abortion should find "common ground" to prevent unwanted pregnancies and ultimately reduce abortions, which she called a "sad, even tragic choice to many, many women."
"...she quickly shifted gears, offering warm words to opponents of legalized abortion and praising the influence of "religious and moral values" on delaying teenage girls from becoming sexually active. "
I know people are thinking this is just politics pure and simple. But Clinton's speech, meant to reach out to pro-lifers, combined with recent comments by John Kerry and a move to have a pro-life Democratic leader should only make pro-lifers happy. This just goes to show that the pro-life, and therefore the active Catholic vote, influenced the election in ways that are breaking the pro-choice grip on the Democratic Party. Historically, the Democratic Party was the party for Catholics so any move to bring it closer to the pro-life cause is a step in the right direction. In the same way, the Republican Party seems to be the choice of Catholics today so any move to get it more in line with Catholic values (in the areas of war, family and business) is a step in the right direction. Although I don't think Catholics will jump on the Clinton bandwagon by hearing this type of talk, overall it seems the pro-life movement is as strong as ever.
"Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Monday that the opposing sides in the divisive debate over abortion should find "common ground" to prevent unwanted pregnancies and ultimately reduce abortions, which she called a "sad, even tragic choice to many, many women."
"...she quickly shifted gears, offering warm words to opponents of legalized abortion and praising the influence of "religious and moral values" on delaying teenage girls from becoming sexually active. "
I know people are thinking this is just politics pure and simple. But Clinton's speech, meant to reach out to pro-lifers, combined with recent comments by John Kerry and a move to have a pro-life Democratic leader should only make pro-lifers happy. This just goes to show that the pro-life, and therefore the active Catholic vote, influenced the election in ways that are breaking the pro-choice grip on the Democratic Party. Historically, the Democratic Party was the party for Catholics so any move to bring it closer to the pro-life cause is a step in the right direction. In the same way, the Republican Party seems to be the choice of Catholics today so any move to get it more in line with Catholic values (in the areas of war, family and business) is a step in the right direction. Although I don't think Catholics will jump on the Clinton bandwagon by hearing this type of talk, overall it seems the pro-life movement is as strong as ever.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW
I'm "stuck" inside with relative visiting for the weekend including my 5 year old niece and 3 year old nephew. Outside is a good 8 inches of snow and it is still falling fast. This has been a fun weekend so far - I got to play lots of fun games - my niece beat me at Go Fish 4 times.
Updated: 12 inches of snow!
I'm "stuck" inside with relative visiting for the weekend including my 5 year old niece and 3 year old nephew. Outside is a good 8 inches of snow and it is still falling fast. This has been a fun weekend so far - I got to play lots of fun games - my niece beat me at Go Fish 4 times.
Updated: 12 inches of snow!
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
"The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project was founded by John Henry Crosby in 2004 to promote the thought and spirit of Dietrich von Hildebrand by preserving his memory and disseminating his writings, especially in the English-speaking world. "
I just saw Dr. Alice Von Hildebrand on EWTN Live and she mentioned this new project. The website describes the work in more detail and also lists a very impressive Advisory Council that includes Cardinal Ratzinger, Rocco Buttiglione, Otto von Hapsburg, Michael Novak, and Rhonda Chervin. One of the goals is to translate into English Von Hildebrand's writings - including his sixty anti-Nazi tracts that made him a marked man and caused him to flee to America. You can read about Dietrich Von Hildebrand and his work here. This is a very worthy project to say the least.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
I just updated my list of Catholic Blogs. If anyone has any additions, corrections or suggestions please let me know.
Happy Blogoversary to Me, Happy Blogoversary to Me
January 18th, 2003 was the date I published my first post, so today would be my 2 year blogoversary. Looking at my first days' posts, the topics of interest to me were Catholic education, the lack of solid instruction in the faith for my generation, and the anti-Catholic Newsday. These continue to be my main areas of interest and I hope to hear from people who care to comment on these things in the future. In the past two years blogging has come a long way baby - just ask Dan Rather. While not bringing down any major MSM figures Gen X Revert did point out errors in a horrible article by Roger Friedman from Foxnews.com. The article was on The Passion of The Christ and included this statement:
"The theaters they have chosen in Jewish areas are minimal — none, for example, on Long Island near Valley Stream and the Five Towns or Great Neck and Roslyn — but screens in more friendly places like Merrick, Lynbrook and Seaford."
Using the latest sophisticated computer technology (ok Mapquest) I made the following observations:
Towns where the movies is showing compared to the towns he cites:
Lynbrook is 12 minutes (4.77 miles) from the Five Towns area
Lynbrook is 5 minutes (2.20 miles) from Valley Stream
Port Washington is 17 minutes (5.28 miles) from Great Neck
Port Washington is 13 minutes (4.38 miles) from Roslyn
And: The movie is showing in Seaford, which is in between Massapequa and Bellmore, both of which have large Jewish populations. Also, Merrick is both heavily Jewish and upscale.
Surprisingly, this impressive research did not result in a deluge of job offers, book deals, or even congratulatory phone calls from Woodward/Bernstein. We bloggers will never be fully appreciated for our efforts.
I have never cared about the blog being read by many people but I would like to see more local Catholics discover this blog. Perhaps it could be a place of discussion for Long Island Catholics. I have witnessed some good things over the past two years in this Diocese that should give all Catholics reason for hope. For example, all priests who were accused of molesting someone were removed from ministry. Even better, the number of seminarians for our diocese has doubled in the past two years. I have also noted a few changes in the Diocese and in the seminary that are positive and are probably directly related to the increase in vocations. I became involved in the local version of Theology on Tap (called Faith on Tap) and that is going well. So there are some signs of hope on this island for Catholics and I hope Gen X Revert will be the place to point them out.
January 18th, 2003 was the date I published my first post, so today would be my 2 year blogoversary. Looking at my first days' posts, the topics of interest to me were Catholic education, the lack of solid instruction in the faith for my generation, and the anti-Catholic Newsday. These continue to be my main areas of interest and I hope to hear from people who care to comment on these things in the future. In the past two years blogging has come a long way baby - just ask Dan Rather. While not bringing down any major MSM figures Gen X Revert did point out errors in a horrible article by Roger Friedman from Foxnews.com. The article was on The Passion of The Christ and included this statement:
"The theaters they have chosen in Jewish areas are minimal — none, for example, on Long Island near Valley Stream and the Five Towns or Great Neck and Roslyn — but screens in more friendly places like Merrick, Lynbrook and Seaford."
Using the latest sophisticated computer technology (ok Mapquest) I made the following observations:
Towns where the movies is showing compared to the towns he cites:
Lynbrook is 12 minutes (4.77 miles) from the Five Towns area
Lynbrook is 5 minutes (2.20 miles) from Valley Stream
Port Washington is 17 minutes (5.28 miles) from Great Neck
Port Washington is 13 minutes (4.38 miles) from Roslyn
And: The movie is showing in Seaford, which is in between Massapequa and Bellmore, both of which have large Jewish populations. Also, Merrick is both heavily Jewish and upscale.
Surprisingly, this impressive research did not result in a deluge of job offers, book deals, or even congratulatory phone calls from Woodward/Bernstein. We bloggers will never be fully appreciated for our efforts.
I have never cared about the blog being read by many people but I would like to see more local Catholics discover this blog. Perhaps it could be a place of discussion for Long Island Catholics. I have witnessed some good things over the past two years in this Diocese that should give all Catholics reason for hope. For example, all priests who were accused of molesting someone were removed from ministry. Even better, the number of seminarians for our diocese has doubled in the past two years. I have also noted a few changes in the Diocese and in the seminary that are positive and are probably directly related to the increase in vocations. I became involved in the local version of Theology on Tap (called Faith on Tap) and that is going well. So there are some signs of hope on this island for Catholics and I hope Gen X Revert will be the place to point them out.
Monday, January 17, 2005
I just caught the last 10 minutes of Bill Donohue on EWTN's World Over. He was asked if he thought Bill O'Reilly was Catholic by a caller who thought O'Reilly sounded more like a Mason. Donohue said yes, O'Reilly is a Catholic and went to a good Catholic school on Long Island - Chaminade, but that O'Reilly liked to play the contrarian. Donohue then mentioned that the chairman of the board of directors of the Catholic League was Fr. Eichner and what a great job Eichner has done with Chaminade and Kellenberg High Schools. It was nice to hear the schools mentioned with praise on EWTN. Perhaps priests and brothers from the religious community that runs these schools would make good guests for the EWTN Live or Life on the Rock programs?
A HATE CRIME IN JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS
via Michelle Malkin
An entire family of four had their throats slit in Jersey City!!!! The father of the family was an outspoken Egyptian Christian who criticized Islamists. One of the young daughters, only 15 years old, was also slit on the wrist where she had a tatoo of a cross. Why is this not front page news every single day? Where is the outrage? This is worse than the murder of Theo Van Gogh.
via Michelle Malkin
An entire family of four had their throats slit in Jersey City!!!! The father of the family was an outspoken Egyptian Christian who criticized Islamists. One of the young daughters, only 15 years old, was also slit on the wrist where she had a tatoo of a cross. Why is this not front page news every single day? Where is the outrage? This is worse than the murder of Theo Van Gogh.
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