line that says 'will be preyed upon" should read 'will NOT be preyed upon'...this is why my secretary goes over my columns for the bulletin. :)

As a priest, I am sickened by what a few of my brother priests have done in preying on their own flocks. Boone, like any predator, they do pick off the weak ones, specifically those with bad family relationships or poor self esteem. That said, of course Catholics are going to get the bad wrap. A) in many moral issues (i.e.Homosexuality, abortion, birth control) the Catholic Church is the last man standing against them. B) anything that has sex in it is going to draw attention C) I believe people have a right to be able to trust their priests that they will be preyed upon by them. Because other groups ( boy scouts, politicians, Ivy League faculties, teachers) have engaged in such behavior does not lessen the damage done by these...