There have been cases where a priest has been accused of inappropriate contact for touching a boy on his forehead while blessing him. Another priest I know would not let a kid into his rectory who had not been picked up from the parochial school on a cold winter evening because of fear of being later accused of something. Now we have a r…
There have been cases where a priest has been accused of inappropriate contact for touching a boy on his forehead while blessing him. Another priest I know would not let a kid into his rectory who had not been picked up from the parochial school on a cold winter evening because of fear of being later accused of something. Now we have a reverse, hypervigilant atmosphere where a priest can be accused of anything by anyone at anytime and be immediately suspended. 99% of the time the priests are innocent, but they have to be publicly accused and their names are forever tainted even when publicly exonerated. Typical work of the devil against good priests. Comments about "suspecting celebrity exorcists" are ridiculous and should never be made by true Catholics, who should judge any person to be innocent until guilt is proven.
There have been cases where a priest has been accused of inappropriate contact for touching a boy on his forehead while blessing him. Another priest I know would not let a kid into his rectory who had not been picked up from the parochial school on a cold winter evening because of fear of being later accused of something. Now we have a reverse, hypervigilant atmosphere where a priest can be accused of anything by anyone at anytime and be immediately suspended. 99% of the time the priests are innocent, but they have to be publicly accused and their names are forever tainted even when publicly exonerated. Typical work of the devil against good priests. Comments about "suspecting celebrity exorcists" are ridiculous and should never be made by true Catholics, who should judge any person to be innocent until guilt is proven.
Very well put. Thank you.