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I ran across this on the SafeNet site. SafeNet is thesurvivor community of former students at the FranciscanSt. Anthony's Seminary in Santa Barbara, California.It is the perspective of a Franciscan...

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It struck me as honest too, Greg, yet, where was he during the ongoing activities and exposition of the behavior of his compatriots? As a guardian he was well aware of what was going on for the years...

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In fact the 'where was he?' thing is something with whichI myself have struggled. Were the people who lived with the abusers complicit,naive, or deceived? I think people who've always been on the...

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Your points are well taken, Greg, yet, in hindsight, I do believe that this guy's response, however well intentioned now, was based on a tragic flaw in the friar management system. He did know what...

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has anyone experienced the scorched earth tactics of franciscans, particularly the friars of the holy name province out of NYC?

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"My own experience, however, is that evil human beings are quite common and usually quite ordinary to the superficial observer." M. Scott Peck from People of the Lie, Simon & Schuster, 1983.mine...

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Too bad they don't sport horns and a red tail...

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too bad they travel now in disguise...though they do sport that tonsure where the horns would have been, and the bulge I figured was ...something else.

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