By the way,
I didn't respond my "obsession" with sex because I thought it beyond words - would that I still had the luxury of such an obsession.
It is the church's obsession with sex that filled these institutions with "sinners" which enabled them to be abused the way they were.
It was the churches "obsession" with sex that destroyed an important cultural pastime.
That "obsession" continues with the church's persecution of other people'sexuality.
Please tell me the rape of children by clergymen taking advantage of their authority, has nothing to do with sex - that really will make my day!!
If the mantra I suggested doesn't work for you, try "mea maxima culpa X 1000" that might do the trick!
Jim Carroll