Tuesday, August 26, 2003Further commentsI doubt that most readers realize it's considered neglect if you don't take your child in for shots or other medical ministrations. This occurred to me as I was reading over the comments to my last post, on the autistic boy who died during a healing service at his family's church. These parents... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 3:04 PM Comments (2) (link) Short update on autistic boyAs far as the authorities can determine such matters, this young man died from constriction of the chest and the consequent inability to breathe. In other words, this bunch of child abusers wrapped him up in a sheet before they went to pray over him, and those sheets bound up his chest so tightly... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 11:11 AM Comments (0) (link) Autistic boy dies as the result of "faith healing"By now, many of you have heard of the incident in which a young autistic boy died at the hands of "faith healers" during a church service. These people genuinely believed he was possessed by the devil, or at least by an evil spirit, and acted accordingly. It wasn't until he was laying dead still for... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 10:42 AM Comments (4) (link) Sunday, August 24, 2003While I'm thinking of this...Some of my feline nurse Garfield's recent posts in The Secret Life of Cats tie into the topic of abuse more than I think Garfield realizes. For many, many years after my transplant, I hesitated to go to the doctor that had provided me with medical care when I was in college, despite the fact that... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 9:31 AM Comments (0) (link) A personal experienceSuddenly, the 20-month Roman Catholic priest abuse scandal has hit home. My daughter, for your information, was NOT the one abused. I just happen to know a priest accused of abuse - for once. He's a Jesuit priest that has done retreats for my Carmelite group, and he's wildly popular with my group.... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 8:15 AM Comments (2) (link) Saturday, August 23, 2003Geoghan killed in prisonJohn Geoghan (the name is pronounced just like the German word gegen, if you are familiar with the German language), the priest whose abuse of minors eventualy triggered the largest and most publicly-visible scandal in the Roman Catholic Church in decades, was killed in prison by a former inmate.... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 2:29 PM Comments (0) (link) Just because you're right...If it seems as if I'm stuck on this topic, I apologize sincerely, but if I don't get this statement off my chest, I won't be able to let it go. As many of you know, I consider it abusive to go around "male-bashing" just for the sake of bashing men for fun, or obtaining emotional support, or... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 8:45 AM Comments (0) (link) Monday, August 18, 2003How do we confront the issue?To get back to the point I've been trying to weave through several of my blogs tonight - a point made to perfection by another blogger - if more people were to practice what they preach ("what they preach" being their religion), there would be no homelessness. There would also be no domestic... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 2:09 AM Comments (0) (link) Monday, August 11, 2003Child molestation and Holy OrdersI have to admit to "falling down on the job" here. Of course I have something to say about priests who molest adolescents; I feel it's my job as a Catholic, in fact, to speak up and remove all doubt as to my own opinions. Priests who molest children and adolescents have not only violated the law,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 11:34 AM Comments (0) (link) Sunday, August 10, 2003Total self-donation and abuseThis post is going to seem as if it's wandering well off-topic, but if you stay with me, I promise that my point will become apparent. I am a Catholic convert. In the Church to which I converted, there is much talk about total self-donation, particularly when birth control pills and other forms of... Sign in to see full entry.posted by kidnykid at 4:09 AM Comments (0) (link) |
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