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'Pope Benedict, the world is watching and waiting' | National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, March 30, 2010


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WASHINGTON, March 30 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and its National Religious Leadership Roundtable condemn the handling of the evolving scandal of sexual abuses by priests in the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI is now at the center of the controversy, which has garnered worldwide attention. The pope is being blamed directly for ignoring repeated pleas by senior U.S. clergy to take action against Father Lawrence C. Murphy, a priest who had molested up to 200 boys while working at the St. John's School for the Deaf in Wisconsin from 1950 to 1974. Just today, media reports said the Vatican is launching a legal defense designed to shield the pope from a lawsuit that seeks to have him deposed over claims that the Holy See was negligent in failing to report abuse claims. Read more - National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, March 30, 2010

... This is a critical time to put out valid information about human sexuality, to be the voice of sanity and clarity and not allow misinformation about sexual orientation to be associated falsely with the child sexual abuse cases and coverups that are overwhelming the Church at the highest level right now.  It is possible that campaigns against Marriage Equality have been a vehicle to convey certain people into political office as well as to maintain coverups in the Church hierarchy regarding decades of child sexual abuse. 
If people do not get valid information now, they will easily absorb wrong information and go into hysteria that could be damaging to LGBT issues on all levels.  It is vital to continue daily monitoring of press releases of Benedict XVI and the hierarchy so that they will not use false information that would be harmful to the LGBT community.  Correct information has to be accessible to the public to answer important questions on demand, to keep rumors and hysteria from taking hold, along with discriminatory remarks feeding antigay belief systems.  We need to prevent people from rushing to the conclusion that LGBT people are responsible for abuse and other kinds of turmoil in society.  We have to keep monitoring the news every day and providing information that is documented, accurate, and scholarly.   by Fr. Marty Kurylowicz - Thalamus Center - March 28, 2010 
2 Samuel 12: 1 – 12 

2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. 4 "Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him." … 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel. Read complete passage - 2 Samuel 12: 1 – 12

RC hierarchy child sexual abuse “cover-ups” ordered by Benedict XVI to avoid public outrage & criminal charges - falsely accused gay priests WATERGATE? – read more 

“Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child’s spirit.” Erik Erikson

Kids Are Being Hurt!!!

…whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6
  
Protect children and the entire world will be safe. -- Photo Tony Blair

Facts About Homosexuality and Child Molestation – read more
  
Galileo & Benedict XVI & Homosexuality & Natural Law – read more

It's The Gays' Fault - The Daily Dish - By Andrew Sullivan - The Atlantic – read more

The Catholic Church Sex Scandal Is Not a "Homosexual" Problem - by Michael A. Jones – read more

Ignorance About Human Sexuality Is Harmful To Children

  
The Science Of Sexual Orientation - 60 Minutes – 2006 - CBS News - Read more – video clip

Sexual Attraction and Orientation – Kids Health – read more

Transgender Children – read more

SEX, LIES, & GENDER – The Story of the Intersex Soldier - Explorer / National Geographic Channel – read more
  
Prayers for Bobby – video clip

Dr. Caitlin Ryan - Family Acceptance Project™ - Reducing Risk and Promoting Well-Being for LGBT Youth: The Critical Role of Family Support – Read more
  
Sexual orientation is less about sex and more about love, being one with another human being. Attachment Theory - LOVE and RELIGION – read more

Continuum of Human Sexuality - The Kinsey Scale – read more

Marriage Equality -> Restores “Hope of Love” To Children In Early Childhood – read more

Kids Are Being Hurt!!!

Auschwitz - Christmas 2008 - Brokeback Mountain - read more

Happy Easter! *** Sad Easter! - Benedict XVI - Cover-ups – Defense Orchestration – Kids Are Being Hurt!!!read more 

RC hierarchy child sexual abuse “cover-ups” ordered by Benedict XVI to avoid public outrage & criminal charges - falsely accused gay priests WATERGATE? – read more

Ratzinger, Hurley, Maida & Accomplices - read more

Impending rules on gay priests create Catholic divide – by Charles Honey – The Grand Rapids Press – October 8, 2005 * Benedict XVI -> SILENCING TRUTH - read more

No - USA CIVIL LAWS - To Protect CHILDREN From Harmful Influence of - Vatican's UNSUBSTANTIATED Antigay Teachings - - Galileo - - Fr. Marty Kurylowicz  - read more

Parishioners supportive of gay priest, March 29, 1997, The Grand Rapids Press - read more

Kids Are Being Hurt!!!

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