"Jim Carroll, I just don't understand what you are saying."
You have described criticism of the Catholic church, here and elsewhere, as 'propaganda', you have never, as far as I can see, accepted the role that the church AS AN ORGANISATION has had in all these cases, and you have attacked those of us who have pointed them out, as prejudiced bigots.
What seems obvious to me is that all of these affairs are a case of a Church with too much power and influence and the abuse of that power.
Many of my family are Catholics; virtually all of my friends and neighbours here are Catholics
I respect their beliefs, while not sharing them.
The vast majority of them I have spoken with feel that they have been betrayed - not by a "few rotten apples", but by the church itself.
I share that view is the extent of my 'bigotry' and 'prejudice'
Jim Carroll