Maureen Martin is up to her old shenanigans, this time wtih her faux journalism shining a light on Catholics who stop going to Church in protest of the sex abuse scandal.
BOISE, IDAHO – Neighbors who hailed an area woman for leaving the Catholic Church over the sex abuse scandal are coming to grips with the fact that she just wanted more time to sleep and run errands.
Sandy Shaw, a data entry technician for Global Technologies, Inc. in Boise, impressed her friends and neighbors when she announced last year that she had “had enough of the sex abuse scandal” and was “leaving the Catholic Church” as a result.
“She was indignant,” said Marla Davies, her next door neighbor. “She said she had had enough of the Church and didn’t want to bring her children up in it. I was proud of her and invited her to my church. She seemed excited at first, but every Sunday morning when I would walk over to see if she, her husband, and the girls wanted to go to church, one of the girls would answer the door, saying her mom was asleep,” said Davies.
“The last Sunday I approached her, she just waved me off, saying she had to get her nails done,” said Davies. “That’s when I lost all respect for her. She’s no activist. She’s just tired and vain.”
Go check her out over at CatholicNews.org.
May 20, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I like how she felt she just had to have her tubes tied (a true believer, NOT!) because “She didn’t want to bring any more kids into the world and risk having them abused” and then let it slip that her kids just got on her nerves. She is great need of prayer.
What is a real shame is how many “Catholics” there are out their just like her.
May 20, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Interesting to see what excuses people cling to when they don’t want to do something that takes effort.
Another funny story on Maureen’s website (scroll down a ways) is the woman who wanted to be a priest being cured by the drug Paxil – an antidepressant. Perhaps we should suggest other female aspirants to the priesthood to talk to their doctors about whether Paxil is right for them.
May 20, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Dang!
She was really exposed!
Better pray for her to come back to the Church.
May 20, 2008 at 11:25 pm
That’s really funny. Thanks for the laugh. Humor must be grounded in truth and that one really hits home.
May 21, 2008 at 12:39 am
“What is a real shame is how many “Catholics” there are out their just like her.”
Reminds me of a co-worker (a “cradle Catholic”) who was looking for an Ash Wednesday Mass in the neighborhood near our job. Happy that she was interested as all i spent time and found one nearby at 7;30. To my great sadness she said, “Oh no, I can’t go. I’m getting my hair done at that time”.