“After Mass, I used to hug kids. No way I'm going to hug a kid now. I mean, if there’s a tornado and I see a couple kids on the sidewalk as I’m driving by, too bad! Lightning, rain? Sorry, find your own way home. This is the world we live in.”
Tom Reese
A Catholic priest at Georgetown University, about the lingering effects of the clergy sex abuse scandal (Washingtonian/RNS)
“You don’t link priest sex abuse with women who want to serve God. That’s like linking manure with fresh fruit and vegetables.”
Christine Schenk
Director of the Roman Catholic reform group FutureChurch, after the Vatican revamped its rules on sex abuse and included the “attempted ordination of a woman” in the same category of crimes as child rape (The Plain Dealer/RNS)
“The religious right is over because they lost their children.”
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Jim Wallis
Founder of the anti-poverty group Sojourners, noting many younger evangelicals don’t want to be defined by debates over abortion and homosexuality (CNN’s Belief Blog/RNS)
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