http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/14/if-i-could-interview-the-pope/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/14/if-i-could-interview-the-pope/#comment-17668 Erich Vieth Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:29:04 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/14/if-i-could-interview-the-pope/#comment-17668 The Pope recently said he was ashamed of all the sexual abuse associated with priests and that he was going to take care of the problem. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24123048/" rel="nofollow">Here's the article. </a> Lawyers are often criticized for filing lawsuits. I think the pedophile priest problem is one case where lawsuits got the church to actually do something other than hiding their pedophile priests in new parishes. I think that without the pain and expense of those lawsuits, the church would still not be giving a damn that its priests were running around molesting children. The Pope recently said he was ashamed of all the sexual abuse associated with priests and that he was going to take care of the problem. Here’s the article.
Lawyers are often criticized for filing lawsuits. I think the pedophile priest problem is one case where lawsuits got the church to actually do something other than hiding their pedophile priests in new parishes. I think that without the pain and expense of those lawsuits, the church would still not be giving a damn that its priests were running around molesting children.

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