The Church Sex Scandal

American Voices

April 3, 2002 | ISSUE 38•12

A growing sex-abuse scandal is engulfing the Catholic Church, with many priests accused of sexually molesting children. What do you think?

Where in the Bible does it forbid someone to pin a 10-year-old behind a large cooler of Kool-Aid in a church basement?

Chris Davis
Lawyer
Catholic priests are being unfairly singled out as pedophiles. We must not forget the music teachers and hockey coaches.

Don Lawson
File Clerk
This is just secular, liberal-media hysteria over thousands of grade-schoolers getting ass-raped.

Phil Ormond
Cab Driver
Hey, if Abraham was willing to kill his son for God, the least a devout Catholic can do is let his kid get cornholed here and there.

Paul George
Accountant
Wine, candles, incense, frilly little frocks... you can see how it sets a mood.

Sheila Rutt
Systems Analyst
Now that it's out in the open, the healing can begin. Except for the kids.

Danielle Krug
Speech Therapist

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