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Vermont Statute of Limitations at Issue in Priest Abuse Case

East News • May 12, 2008
A Vermont judge said a jury in Burlington can consider awarding punitive and compensatory damages to a former altar boy suing the state's Roman Catholic diocese over sexual abuse he says he ...

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Subject: RE: RE: RE: priests?!

Posted On: May 12, 2008, 3:35 pm CDT
Posted By: lastbat
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How about some criminal liability? I don't buy that priests are protected from prosecution for the crimes they commit because of the separation of church and state. The Constitution only says the government will not dictate religion, not that it won't interfere when the law is broken.

This truly chafes me. The government routinely prosecutes polygamists when they practice their faith, yet let child molestors go free. Is it because the Catholic church is so big and powerful? I honestly don't understand why we don't throw every one of them - molestors and their abettors - in prison.
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Show Me The Money Jake
May 13, 2008, 7:41 am
RE: RE: priests?! lastbat
May 13, 2008, 7:24 am
RE: priests?! Dustin
May 13, 2008, 6:55 am
RE: RE: RE: RE: priests?! wudchuck
May 12, 2008, 4:07 pm
RE: RE: RE: priests?! lastbat
May 12, 2008, 3:35 pm
RE: RE: priests?! wudchuck
May 12, 2008, 3:22 pm
RE: priests?! CHAPLAIN AL
May 12, 2008, 3:19 pm
priests?! wudchuck
May 12, 2008, 2:36 pm
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