Well, it's been a hell of a ride, laying rubber all over the road for the past decade. But it's time to call it a day and park the Rogue in the garage. Effective today, I am shutting down my blog to focus my attention on other endeavours. My thanks to the more than 2.7 million people who regularly joined me on these sojourns through news stories over the years that dealt with the places with issues of religion and faith intersecting with public affairs. May God bless you with a continuing desire to learn about and help disseminate the issues of faith throughout the public square. Happy trails in your continuing travels! Fr. Tim Moyle, p.p. Diocese of Pembroke
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Children are living , breathing , beautiful human beings. They are not 'minors!'
ReplyDeleteThose who use the term 'minors' in relation to clergy sexual molestation of children, unwittingly reveal a very fundamental disconnect between thinking head and vulnerable heart.
Children are living , breathing , beautiful human beings. They are not 'minors!'
ReplyDeleteThose who use the term 'minors' in relation to clergy sexual molestation of children, unwittingly reveal a very fundamental disconnect between thinking head and vulnerable heart.
Larry: 1) You could be right, however I suspect that the use of the term reflects the legal reality that abusing a child (aka a 'minor') is different from other types of abuse in that it is more grievous and harmful.
ReplyDelete2) Could you please send me your phone number again? I'd like to see if there's a date where I can finally get together with you
and Arden. I would enjoy the visit and we can get caught up after my absence of so many years. Of course, I won't publish it. Thanks.
Fr. Tim
Legally more grievous and harmful? This represents a brand new use for the term or a lame defence…one or the other.
ReplyDeleteWe refer to children as 'minors' when we want to express the fact that a child is to young to smoke or to young to drink alcohol or vote or even to view pornographic material. But no reasonable ...even sensible person would suggest that a child is to young to be raped by his local trusted parish priest and left for non-existent by the church! Except those who by some malfunction have lost the natural bridge between mind and heart.