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Child Pornography & Pedophilia Amongst Catholic Clergy

December 20, 2011 in Bishops, Canada, Catholic Church, Catholics, Child Abuse, child pornography, christianity, Ethics, News, Religion, Religious Persons, sexual abuse of children

Once again the catholic church is in the media – it is a daily occurrence - regarding priests who either possess and view child pornography, or who have engaged in instances of molesting or raping children. The Dutch catholic church is currently overflowing with complaints of predator priests, a catholic bishop in Ottawa, Canada, is facing sentencing for the possession of child pornography, and comments are resurfacing with respect to certain acts of pedophilia that are being regarded by at least some in the catholic church as just being homosexual in nature because they involve post-pubescent boys. This blog post will be concerned with the second issue: that of bishop Raymond Lahey who is facing sentencing for possession of child pornography.

Bishop Raymond Lahey

Bishop Raymond Lahey. Source: Ottawa Citizen

Bishop Raymond Lahey

On September 15, 2009, Lahey was stopped at the Ottawa International Airport by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) while re-entering the country; examination of his laptop revealed “images of concern”. Read the rest of this entry →

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Catholic Church: Propagandists of Ignorance

November 7, 2011 in abortion, Atheism, Belief, bible, Catholic Church, christianity, Ethics, Invalid Belief, Philosophy, pope, pope Benedict XVI, Reason, Religion, Religious Persons, Valid Belief

Today Pope Ben-the-Dick received the Letters of Credence from the new German Ambassador to the Holy See, Reinhard Schweppe. During this time, Ben took the opportunity to address a number of issues relevant with current events, including the subject of why Christians impose their values on others, the concept of ‘personhood’ and women’s rights. Read the rest of this entry →

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Forty Days For Life, Ottawa: My Report

October 28, 2011 in abortion, Atheism, Belief, bible, Catholic Church, Catholics, christianity, Christians, Christians, Ethics, Faith, Invalid Belief, News, Philosophy, Pro-Choice, Reason, Religion, Religious Persons, Valid Belief

Main Protester, Forty Days For Life, Ottawa

Main Protester, Forty Days For Life, Ottawa

As I promised yesterday, here is my post regarding the Forty Days For Life protesters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; this post will give an overview, as well as my thoughts regarding, the conversations I had with these protesters. Before I get into any of the specifics, I would like to first make sure we all understand what I mean by Forty Days For Life. Below is a news segment from Sun TV in Ottawa: Read the rest of this entry →

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Corpus Christi Church Snubs ‘Carlin Street’

October 25, 2011 in Catholic Church, Comedy, Education, George Carlin

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George Carlin, in my books, is one of the very best comedians and social commentator’s we, as a species, have been fortunate enough to have had. Carlin’s passing came far too quickly, and not only for us. He had a great many things still planned – including more of his iconic HBO Specials. Read the rest of this entry →

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Catholic Dissent in El Paso

October 21, 2011 in Atheism, Belief, Catholic Church, christianity, Ethics, Law, Reason, Religion, Religious Persons

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Things are really heating up amongst the catholics in El Paso, Texas. It seems that over the last little while, a local priest named Michael Rodriguez, had been using the written word, the pulpit and television to fight the City of El Paso extending the benefits afforded to married straight couples to gay couples as Read the rest of this entry →

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