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**hereiamguy** · 06-01-2006, 08:00 AM

Dear Eva,
I am getting myself into trouble again. I was responding to a dispondent post with something positive. My point first is that the Orthodox Church, in North America is growing in membership. As for the Roman Catholic Church (RCC), it has lost moral authority, in my opinion, because, in America there is a huge scandal that has erupted over cases of abuse (often sexual) of their clergy against minors. Now, this can happen anywhere, even in the Orthodox Church. What I find to be even more scandalous, is that it has been the practise of the RCC, rather than defrock and turn such men over to the legal authorities, to try and settle with the families, cover up the scandals, and transfer the offenders to other communities.
I don't like to be judgemental, but to me, it seems that the financial greediness of certain Orthodox bishops pales in comparison to RCC bishops who, for the sake of their Church's image, allow known sexual offenders to avoid justice, thus failing to protect their faithful and general public against such people.

06-01-2006, 08:00 AM	#6
hereiamguy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 537 Senior Member	Dear Eva, I am getting myself into trouble again. I was responding to a dispondent post with something positive. My point first is that the Orthodox Church, in North America is growing in membership. As for the Roman Catholic Church (RCC), it has lost moral authority, in my opinion, because, in America there is a huge scandal that has erupted over cases of abuse (often sexual) of their clergy against minors. Now, this can happen anywhere, even in the Orthodox Church. What I find to be even more scandalous, is that it has been the practise of the RCC, rather than defrock and turn such men over to the legal authorities, to try and settle with the families, cover up the scandals, and transfer the offenders to other communities. I don't like to be judgemental, but to me, it seems that the financial greediness of certain Orthodox bishops pales in comparison to RCC bishops who, for the sake of their Church's image, allow known sexual offenders to avoid justice, thus failing to protect their faithful and general public against such people.
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