... Catholic priests. "I thought to myself that Protestant clergy (for example) surely also occasionally succumb to sexual temptation ... a consensus that child sexual abuse by Protestant clergy is not a problem." Tillers does not buy this. "I ... abuse cases involving Catholics to the exclusion of clergy in other religions. He does not have an answer, but he offers some possibilities: Simple ...

... This portrayal is ahistorical and wrong. No one can deny that clergy played an important role in confronting certain military ... organizing, often inspired by Liberation Theology--and more conservative clergy content to hand out alms to the poor while supporting ( ... rule by a small economic elite. Even in countries where clergy provided legitimacy for authoritarian rule, however, the Church ...

... Bishop Tarrant's attentiveness to South Dakota's clergy deployment needs. This is not any easy place to recruit or retain clergy. ... to God, there have been several calls issued and clergy deployed here in recent months. These include: Rita Powell, Diocesan Youth Ministries ... 57104-6814. The Rev. Canon David Hussey is clergy deployment officer. He notes the following current openings: Trinity, ...

... to a surgical operation, or if he has been castrated by barbarians, let him remain among the clergy; but, if any one in sound health has castrated himself, it behoves that ... be found worthy, such men the Canon admits to the clergy. From Canon I of The Canons of the 318 Holy Fathers Assembled ... Barbarians, Bithynia, canon, canons, Christianity, city, clergy, Day, health, history, Humor, law, masters ...

... , Twins, Atheists, Believers, Contact Sports Athletes, and Nerds. The believers in this instance will be clergy, and we would be expected to wear our "professional attire." I would love to ... . And there are definitely a fair number of nerds. Is it befitting the dignity of clergy to participate in a program such as this? Sounds like fun to me. It would be worth it just to meet Wendy Mesley ...

In May and June I published several posts on the story of clergy abuse of children in Ireland in residential care and other institutions for ... state inquiry, today saw the release of the Murphy Report into clergy sex-abuse in the archdiocese of Dublin, which implicated the ... the presence of a decades-long cover-up of abusive clergy coupled with the mistreatment of survivors -- a state of affairs in ...

... in statistical terms--and if those who were not caught are factored in, it would appear that a significant percentage of the clergy were involved either in the actual acts or in the coverups. I am concerned that this ... were. I suspect the answer is that pedophilia is endemic in the Catholic clergy, and not an exception. And that should be no surprise: Any religious order that prohibits its priests ...

The Empire State Pride Agenda today released a list of 700 clergy and lay leaders from across New York state who are in support of the legislature passing a marriage equality bill. Read the full list, AFTER THE JUMP... ESPA writes: "The geographic list of clergy and faith leaders in support of New York State allowing same-sex couples access to marriage includes a number of ...

Yet again a reminder has popped up that not all Christian clergy and religious leaders of other faiths are the enemies of LGBT equality and marriage equality. This time, the reminder stems from ... high school. The Empire State Pride press release reads in part as follows:*The geographic list of clergy and faith leaders in support of New York State allowing same-sex couples access to marriage includes ...

Clergy issues call for civility - NOLA.com Thursday, November 12, 2009 By Bruce NolanStaff writerIt's gotten ugly out there in the pubic square -- on ... vicious e-mail messages distorting the other side. So much so that in East Jefferson, Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy recently have found common ground about one, clear thing. They've decided to give their congregations a message: Get ...