tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999890218345587283.post8596112849011577967..comments2021-07-16T22:10:05.772-04:00Comments on A Piece Of My Mind: Will The Bishops Ever Learnwild hairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464835061893041481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999890218345587283.post-40652370511720365972012-12-06T19:55:14.499-05:002012-12-06T19:55:14.499-05:00I have been thinking about this statement from Sei...I have been thinking about this statement from Seitz's review. <br /><br />"The stunning conclusion of this work is that for those who embraced the idealized model of perfect celibate clerical masculinity, seminary and priestly life were in themselves abusive contexts".<br /><br />If this last statement is true then bishops or anyone setting up a seminary based on the "model of perfect celibate clerical masculinity" were and are creating "abusive contexts".<br /><br />wild hairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464835061893041481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999890218345587283.post-54157118295518601132012-11-25T04:31:35.710-05:002012-11-25T04:31:35.710-05:00Another really interesting blog, Wild Hair -- one ...Another really interesting blog, Wild Hair -- one of many you've written. During the past week I was reading the reviews of Keenan's work. No hope for the increasingly regressive, clerical gallop back to solutions that never worked. But these solutions did confer lots of power -- perhaps the ultimate goal.BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774928285731719030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999890218345587283.post-86642096019247598532012-11-24T19:52:17.270-05:002012-11-24T19:52:17.270-05:00"The system advanced a purity ethic at the ex..."The system advanced a purity ethic at the expense of a relational ethic." <br /><br />Absolutely true, and it's both sad and laughable that this is the same rationale the Vatican is using to defend marriage. Sexual purity and the expense of a relational sacrament. I guess it is kind of stupid to expect something different from men trained in the seminary system.<br /><br />I am really curious to see what Australia does with the Sacrament of Penance and the confessing pedophilia. Given that all nine of her subjects used Confession to cleanse themselves of relational responsibility, Australian authorities may be getting to the heart of the problem.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.com