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	The Gall of It By Kristine Ward National Survivor Advocates Coalition November 15, 2011 http://nationalsurvivoradvocatescoalition.wordpress.com/editorials/ It takes chutzpah for men whose number includes an indicted non-reporter to sidle up to Penn State with a coy partnership proposition saying they are "eager to invest" in a "major national campaign to see the scourge of abuse faced head-on.". But Archbishop Timothy Dolan, head of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops did just that at a press conference yesterday. Some quotes: Whenever this painful issue comes into view again … it reopens a wound in the church as well, because nobody has suffered more from this than the Catholic community in the US. This shows that the scourge of abuse is societal, not limited to one faith, or to priests. It's widespread, it's everywhere. One of the things we've learned tragically is that it's people with positions of trust that what complicated our own crisis. Chutzpah by the bucket load. Dolan grabbed Penn State like the brass ring on the carousel and devoured the opportunity to say it's "widespread … not limited to priests…" You could almost hear the drum roll under the theme music of "everybody does it" playing under the video of the mudslide of the high moral ground. And this one takes the cake: "we've learned … its people with positions of trust." Whipped like the filling of a crepe suzette inside the dough of "tragically" Dolan worked to have people believe that without massive news coverage of the Bishops' cover-up of the rape and sodomy of children these spiritual leaders had until 2002 only a blurry idea that positions of prominent moral standing carried high responsibility – but now they've learned. Notice that while there was a predictable question about Penn State at the opening press conference of the USCCB meeting, Dolan and his fellow bishops were left off scot free on the issue of Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City/St. Joseph, Missouri. Not even a subtle inference let alone a direct ask about their indicted brother bishop, non reporting, and child pornography. Nothing stands starker in the Catholic Church and Penn State scandal comparisons than the firings. That would be Penn State 3, Bishops 0. And these men want to "partner" in a campaign to face sexual abuse head on? Good grief! Contact: KristineWard@hotmail.com
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