The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
This is unfortunate if he realy is innocent of any wrongdoing. However, he's not alone. And priests are not being targetted -- all kinds of people in all kinds of professions find themselves in similar situations, and it's mainly due to what I call the "point system" within the legal system (I refuse to call it a "justice" system -- it has been proven too many times not to have anything at all to do with justice).
ReplyDeleteThe grand jury didn't indict because they thought there was insufficient evidence to order a trial. That doesn't mean they think he's innocent. It means they think they cannot get a conviction. They lose points if they go to trial and lose.
If we want situations like this to end, we have to insist that every accused gets the trial to which he is entitled, whether or not the prosecution thinks it can get a conviction.
To that end, can he not demand a trial? I would, were I him.