tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post3929288904983082830..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Personal Aside: It’s the Lavender Priesthood that Causes Catholic Church Scandals—but Nobody Wants to Say So.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-16208198652807191002010-03-31T12:43:25.849-05:002010-03-31T12:43:25.849-05:00"the fiction concerning Galileo which cannot ..."the fiction concerning Galileo which cannot stand scrutiny..."<br /><br />You might be interested in this book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Astronomer-Adventures-Vatican-Scientist/dp/0071372318" rel="nofollow"><br />Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist</a>, by my friend Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ PhD, Curator of Meteorites at the Vatican Observatory. There's a chapter on Galileo which refutes a lot of the popular wisdom. It's not his final word on the subject: last year he gave a talk at the Adler Planetarium with even more surprises.<br /><br />There's also his latest book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Proclaim-Astronomy-Vatican/dp/1592766455/" rel="nofollow">The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican</a>.Rich Rostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262703348236110420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-51633734506311276682010-03-29T19:40:24.639-05:002010-03-29T19:40:24.639-05:00Or you could go here:
http://www.620wtmj.com/show...Or you could go here:<br /><br />http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/charliesykes/89382117.html?blog=y<br /><br />And read either (or both) of the internal linksDad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-3187717026952402362010-03-29T18:32:47.845-05:002010-03-29T18:32:47.845-05:00And it is a fact that the Vatican declined to defr...<i>And it is a fact that the Vatican declined to defrock a Milwaukee priest who abused as many as 200 deaf boys even though a number of bishops repeatedly warned it about the consequences.</i><br /><br />THAT is a fact-error, Tom.<br /><br />See: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDkxYmUzMTQ1YWUyMzRkMzg4Y2RiN2UyOWIzNDVkNDM=<br /><br />And, for that matter, the Avvenire article (ZENIT posting) which also disputes that, clearly.<br /><br />In FACT, the Vatican agreed with Weakland (!!) and Fliss (!!) that the trial should continue, regardless of canon-law statute-of-limitations, and that the Bishops should press towards "defrocking".<br /><br />Murphy died 3 days after that decision was made.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com