tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post110806706359931007..comments2023-10-23T11:10:05.945-04:00Comments on Karen Duncan: Life in the Time of Coronavirus: Lent 2005Karen Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-1108129255376114792005-02-11T08:40:00.000-05:002005-02-11T08:40:00.000-05:00Enjoyed reading your post and your thoughts on the...Enjoyed reading your post and your thoughts on the abusive priest. <br /><br />I can't say if you're correct as to why parents have stayed in the church after abuse has happened, but I do know that there have been cases of protestants pastors being abusive. Some of their "flock" continue to support them--although many may leave. Look at the support some of the TV evangelist received after they've had "moral failings." Are people in the pews more attracted to the clergy (be it the symbol they respresent in the Catholic church or the charm of the Protestant preacher, than they are to Jesus Christ? <br /><br />Have you read the Grand Inquistor section of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov?sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.com