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A statewide grand jury has detailed how hundreds of children were sexually abused over a period of at least 40 years by priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. It has revived numerous calls for Pennsylvania to eliminate its statute of limitations for that particular crime. Do you think such action is necessary, or is it an overreaction? Do you think the Catholic Church is doing everything it can to make sure such abuses never happen again?
“It is not overreach. We do not have a statute of limitations for murder so why do we have one for child sex abuse? They need to be prosecuted to fullest extent, and heavily investigated. This is one reason I left the Catholic Church and went right to the source.”
“Tax the churches.”
“What good would that do. This is a big problem.”
“Eliminating the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse should be a no-brainer. Secondly, the Catholic Church will not terminate bishops who protect pedophile priests. They need to change the celibacy rule. The Vatican knows that the priest lifestyle is a magnet for weirdos. Fifty percent of priests are not celibate, according to church sources. Pope Francis has work to do.”
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton took major steps toward claiming their parties’ presidential nominations with sweeping wins on Super Tuesday. Clinton and Trump each won seven states, as the front-runners padded their leads in the all-important delegate counts that determine the parties’ nominees. What did you think of the results? Can anyone stop them? Are you OK with a showdown between Trump and Clinton? Who do you think will win if it comes to that?
“It’s going to come down to an eminently qualified candidate with high disapproval ratings versus an inexperienced candidate who is loose with bigoted talk and whose disapproval ratings are off the charts. Clinton will gain the support of independents and many moderate Republicans. George W. Bush may have been the last GOP president for decades.”
“Over 60,000 Democrats voted in the Virginia Republican primary. 60,000! That’s an amazing number. Then you had 20,000 Democrats switch parties to vote in the Massachusetts primary. So, tell me again who will support Hillary? I don’t think it will be Independents and moderate Republicans. Better think this one through again.”
“There’s no way Hillary can lose. By the fall even his most die-hard supporters will be tired of him. He will go down in flames.”
“Dream on, you Trump haters. There’s no way the Donald loses to Hillary. He’ll trounce her.”