What the hell is wrong with the Catholic Church? I grew up Catholic, and everybody involved with the Church was extremely nice, funny, caring, etc. We were actually friends with the preist's, youth leaders, other kids etc... it was like family. We would have "fun night" twice a week from like 7-10 pm where we'd meet at the rec center and play pick-up basketball games for hours, play pool, football, anything. We'd play in the CYO basketball or softball leagues. We'd have crawfish boils under a big pavillion and play softball after. We'd all go to Saints football games, Zephyrs baseball games, etc. We'd go golfing, bowling, etc.
I can remember Fr. John would go golfing with my dad, and if we'd play with another group of random people on the golf course, he wouldn't say he was a preist and just introduce himself as "John". Then he'd curse up a storm on the course.
I don't know why the Catholic Church specifically has a problem with pedophilia, but the Church I went to growing up was NOT like that at all. A few bad eggs make everybody look bad.
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