{"id":957,"date":"2010-04-12T09:37:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T14:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=957"},"modified":"2010-04-12T09:38:05","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T14:38:05","slug":"the-catholic-church-practically-admits-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Church Practically Admits Guilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PZ Myers had an interesting story on his <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2010\/04\/an_interesting_admission.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20scienceblogs\/pharyngula%20%28Pharyngula%29\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> this morning. Apparently the Connecticut legislature is pushing a bill designed to eliminate the statute of limitation on child sex abuse cases. Of course the Catholic Church is less than pleased. I wonder why?<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut&#8217;s three Roman Catholic bishops issued a join statement opposed to this bill which has already passed the Connecticut House. In the letter, they urge their parishioners to fight against this bill using some interesting scare tactics.<\/p>\n<p>According to the \u201cpulpit announcement\u201d the bill is targeting \u201cCatholic parishes, dioceses, charities, and hospitals.\u201d The fact is that the bill doesn\u2019t target anyone except those who abuse children sexually. The Catholic Church has nothing to worry about, right?<\/p>\n<p>The state legislature has already revised the bill out of the Catholic Churches semi-legitimate concern that people might file frivolous abuse claims. It is interesting to me to see just how concerned the Church is about this bill. Check out their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctcatholic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> and let me know what you think.<br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><br \/>\n<a onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=dangeroustalk\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><script src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js?pub=dangeroustalk\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button END --><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=957\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 317364;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PZ Myers had an interesting story on his blog this morning. 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