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<br>> Matthew-<br>> <br>> I know this is OT, but I hadn't heard that. I do recall hearing something about an Austrian seminary that was just as you described. If you could provide some kind of source I'd appreciate it. If not, no biggie. I don't want to derail further.<br>> <br><br>> <br>> Incidentally, the Catholic Church has been called a whore before---and I think it survived. <br>> <br>> <br>> ><br>> <br>> I should add that I'm not responding to the other Matthew, but to<br>> those who attack the Roman Catholic church. I'll go even farther than<br>> he did and say that the discipline of celibacy is not at fault here,<br>> but rather the positive and pronounced efforts of some American Roman<br>> Catholic priests to recruit men afflicted with sexual attraction to<br>> other men. It is also hardly secret that many seminaries harass and<br>> discourage men who do not play along.<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------<br>Not having studied the sociology of the seminary I was unaware, and probably shouldn't have been, of some of this. I am and have been aware that a central theme of most of Dr. Greeley's novels is the regenerative?/comeback/transcendant power of the church to overcome the yukkiness of its selection system. Kind of neat. <br>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<br><br /><hr />Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. <a href='http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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