Archive for April 18th, 2008
Earthquake!
Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Wow, I’ve never felt an earthquake before! A 5.2 earthquake hit just outside Evansville (about 120 miles from here) early this morning. I slept through that but around 10:15 today-just a few minutes ago-I felt an aftershock. I was in the bathroom and heard a low rumble then felt the floor start to bounce. It felt like how our apartment back in West Virginia …read more »
10,000+ Victims and Counting
Friday, April 18th, 2008 at 8:22 am
I found this article on the web today describing the Pope’s visit to the US during which he met with some victims of sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic church. I find this excerpt most shocking:
The scale of the abuse is still the subject of some uncertainty, but the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, which did a study for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, found that 4,392 priests had been accused of abusing 10,667 individuals between 1950 and 2002. The crisis led in December 2002 to the resignation of Law, who was criticized for failing to remove abusive priests from ministry. John Paul II named Law to oversee a prominent basilica in Rome and appointed O’Malley to replace him as archbishop of Boston.
I still can’t wrap my head around 10,000+ victims. That’s staggering. What’s more unbelievable is …read more »
