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Hayden · 08-28-2002, 12:01 PM

I don't know if anyone's heard of <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2034757a12,00.html" target="_blank">this</a> yet.

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From the story linked above
<strong>In the latest blow to the Catholic Church's image in Australia, an order of nuns says it has paid tens of thousands of dollars to women who claimed they were sexually and physically abused in an orphanage.

The Poor Sisters of Nazareth said the payments of up to A$75,000 to 13 women were no acknowledgement of guilt.
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HR

case · 08-28-2002, 05:53 PM

No, just tithings to keep the media gods at bay.

szcax · 08-28-2002, 06:34 PM

Wow... sexually abusing kids in an orphanage... that's LOW... and they accuse atheists of having no morals. Those kids have enough to worry about without having to be afraid of people fondling them - especially nuns!

The media can twist things, though. We all know that. I'm not saying that the nuns actually are guilty, and I'd have to hear both sides of the story before making any sort of intelligent judgement. It's wholly possible, albiet unlikely, that the nuns are just trying to lend a helping hand.

BTW: A$75,000 = about $45,000 US dollars

Hayden · 08-28-2002, 09:00 PM

Poor Sisters of Nazareth?

Poor orphans, I say.

HR

<OK, bump>

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08-28-2002, 05:53 PM	#2
case Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 420	No, just tithings to keep the media gods at bay.

08-28-2002, 06:34 PM	#3
szcax Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: PA Posts: 51	Wow... sexually abusing kids in an orphanage... that's LOW... and they accuse atheists of having no morals. Those kids have enough to worry about without having to be afraid of people fondling them - especially nuns! The media can twist things, though. We all know that. I'm not saying that the nuns actually are guilty, and I'd have to hear both sides of the story before making any sort of intelligent judgement. It's wholly possible, albiet unlikely, that the nuns are just trying to lend a helping hand. BTW: A$75,000 = about $45,000 US dollars

08-28-2002, 09:00 PM	#4
Hayden Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 712	Poor Sisters of Nazareth? Poor orphans, I say. HR <OK, bump>

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