The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has recently seen a string of indictments from a grand jury report relating to the seemingly endless sex abuse scandal. To be sure, it is a sad time for the Catholic Church in Philadelphia leaving many Catholics confused and saddened.
But there are some who see the Church’s problems as an opportunity. One church just outside Philadelphia seems to be taking advantage of this issue for their own gain in a pretty creepy manner. The Philadelphia Daily News highlights that a “reformed Catholic church” is using the sex abuse crisis to their advantage by running advertisements saying you should drop that old Catholic Church and come to their NEW AND IMPROVED “CATHOLIC” CHURCH because they don’t have any sex abuse!!
Seriously. That’s really what they’re saying.
February 24, 2011 at 10:42 am
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February 24, 2011 at 12:43 pm
I'm so disgusted I don't even want to read on. Nothing to do with your writing…I just…ugh.
February 24, 2011 at 12:59 pm
I'll try not to take it personally.
February 24, 2011 at 1:21 pm
But they will have a scandal. That's the human bit, and dummying together a Fisher-Price Play Church is compounding the failures.
— Mack
February 24, 2011 at 8:32 pm
"Come to us! Our deviations from God's Will are so much easier to accept!"
Reminds me of something Fr. Z once said (directed at the predators): "Thanks, you sick and wicked … brothers. Thanks for this gift that keeps giving." And thank you, Matt and Pat, for trying to help us laugh, though when I read this, I feel like the boy who stumped his toe … it hurts too bad to laugh, and I'm too big to cry.