Letters: Stop reveling in the sexual abuse indictments in the Catholic Church

February 17, 2011

RE THE ABUSE indictments: It's inexcusable and indefensible what these men did. But it seems that the Daily News, and especially editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson, takes enjoyment in this, as if to say, "Ha! The holy church has fallen!"

Dare I say the liberalism that this paper loves led to the scandal. The gay culture that liberals celebrate and want to bring into places like the Boy Scouts is what opened the door to this. If these fallen priests had lived church teaching, the scandal never would have occurred.

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Mike Rafferty, Philadelphia

So the world's largest for-profit corporation is still molesting and sodomizing our children.

When will the Catholic Church understand this is not acceptable behavior? All good Catholics must demand that these men remove themselves from the church immediately.

Lawmakers must remove all statutes of limitations in crimes against children. State and local governments should be imposing huge fines. Money is all the church understands.

Rocky Seekamp, Philadelphia

Joe, you are a hero

Joseph Lozito, who helped subdue the New York stabber, says he's not a hero.

But he started out his day as just one of us. A working man, on a long commute to NYC. His life then changed in the blink of an eye, when evil introduced itself in the form of a serial murderer. Lozito was able to help bring to an end a reign of terror, while fending off a potentially fatal attack to himself. On behalf of humanity, Mr. Lozito, I'd like to say thank you.

Julie August, Mount Laurel, N.J.

Warm up the speeding cameras

John Corsello wrote a good letter - with a little compromise we can lower urban crime AND decrease traffic accidents. We can virtually eliminate speeding with cameras. Start sending speeding tickets out by the thousands and watch people obeying speed limits.

Bruce Goodman, Blackwood, N.J.

A dead baby is a dead baby

Kermit Gosnell is the fall guy for the 50 million babies murdered by women in the U.S., killed by lethal injection, dismembered by being sucked out by a mini-vac or having their spinal cords severed.

Mike Franklin, Marlton, N.J.

Try the homegrown talent

Ed Rendell as a sports columnist? Are you kidding? Or should I just say "WTF"? Why not a column called "A View From the Press Box" by Conlin, Smallwood, Bowen or one of your other award-winning writers? I'd love to read that.

Charles C. Castorina, Philadelphia

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