Priests and Morals

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This paper argues that priests who have as much as one charge of misconduct on their record, should be immediately expelled from the church. It discusses how trust can be renewed if certain measures are taken to ordain the right men for the job and if the wrong men are immediately removed. A priest may be absolved of his sin in return for his penance, but his pastoral duties should be forfeited eternally.

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"The unofficial poster boy for priest pedophilia was a Boston priest named Father John Geoghan. He became a symbol for everything the church had done wrong in handling this problem when, on Jan. 6, 2002, The Boston Globe broke the story about how Boston's archbishop, Cardinal Bernard Law, had moved the abusive Geoghan from parish to parish over the years. The article also discussed the $10 million dollar settlement the church had already made with families of his victims. After the article ran, an embarrassed Law apologized - and turned over to law enforcement the names of dozens of Boston priests who had been similarly accused. "

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