Posted by Alan on November 6, 2009, 4:40 am, in reply to "why doesnt alan on ca attack the american psychological society"
A higher standard of conduct is demanded of those who claim authority to speak and act for God. It is not a defense that Cardinal Law took and acted upon bad advice from psychiatrists. The responsibility remained with the Archbishop; he cannot shift the blame to others.
"The Devil made me do it" is not a convincing argument.
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: any priest cdl law recycled after abuse was
: put through psychological screening[normal
: practice till recent decades-psychiatrists
: assured bishopsthe offenders were safe to
: return to ministry
: psychiatrists know more NOW THAN then-it was
: given psyche doctrine then that offenderrs
: were curable and cured-JUDGEMENT BY
: HINDSIGHT IS PATHETIC
: the cardinal stated that, when a priest
: committed a sex crime, the cardinal said his
: practice was to seek the analysis of
: psychiatrists, clinicians and therapists in
: residential treatment centers before
: deciding whether a priest accused of
: sexually abusing a child should be returned
: to the pulpit
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