Touch my monkey

It's sad to see the Toledo Catholic Diocese stepping up its efforts to defeat a bill that would rewrite Ohio's statutes of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse. In a letter to diocesan priests, Bishop Leonard Blair said that the bill "should be of serious concern to all of us," and urged them to contact their state representatives to voice opposition to the legislation. It seems that Blair and the state's other Catholic bishops strongly oppose the amendment that would set a one-year "look back" period during which victims could file civil suits over abuses that occurred as long as 35 years ago.

Sounds like somebody has a skeleton or two in their closet. Anyone who still thinks that the Catholic church is the moral institution it makes itself out to be is fooling themselves.

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