A Mother, a Sick Son and His Father, the Priest

A rare look at how the Roman Catholic Church goes to great lengths to keep clergy members’ clandestine relationships hidden and the priests in active ministry. Full Story »

Posted by Patrick McGuire - via New York Times (Most Emailed)
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Subjects: Religion
Topics: Christianity
Member Tags: religion and belief, christians and christianity, dating (social), abstinence (sexual), Roman Catholic Church, priests, celibacy
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Posted by: Posted by Patrick McGuire - Oct 16, 2009 - 3:08 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Oct 16, 2009 - 11:04 AM PDT

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by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 16, 2009
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 16, 2009
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by Krista Kelley - Oct. 19, 2009

This is great journalism because this story relates on a local, national, and worldly level. It is great to be informed about the Catholic church because it is such a large part of the United States. This is also an interesting piece that kept my attention and was very informative.

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by Patrick McGuire - Oct. 16, 2009

It shows that the Roman Catholic Church still persists in being a secretive society who contunies refuses to address its problems and goes to great monetary expense to cover up its shortcomings.

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