Maine priest facing abuse claim commits suicide

I will remember him in my Prayers, guilty or not he was still a man. who probably helped many more than he could ever hurt. Remember the Man not what may have been a moment of weakness because as men we are all weak at one time or another.

Maine Catholic wrote:

I will remember him in my Prayers, guilty or not he was still a man. who probably helped many more than he could ever hurt. Remember the Man not what may have been a moment of weakness because as men we are all weak at one time or another.

Oh YEAH!
a "MOMENT OF WEAKNESS" causes an adult man, a PRIEST to go to a minor CHILD- under his care
and TRUST(being a walking talking -dressing official of exemplary Christ on earth), and to engage in pedophilia?!! My derriere!

A moment of weakness MEN have is eating too many doughnuts after mass- or maybe looking too long or longingly- or whatever- NOT fondling or raping children--FOOL!
Do't try to fool people by watering down what God has told us.
Go refresh yourself on the 10 commmandments- if nothing else.

YOu are not fooling anyone- even yourself.
We have not YET become so corrupt a world- but you are sure there to edge it on.
The hell with you- literally!

I feel like this guy took the cowards' way out, and he deserves any divine justice he gets as a result. Sorry, Maine Catholic, while we're all sinners, this guy appears to be an unrepentant one who took his own life to escape the world's justice. He could have repented and been forgiven by Christ, but that's not the route it looks like he chose.

There is no excuse for priests who molest children, just like there is no excuse for their superiors who knowingly allow it to continue. I have trouble viewing it for anything but the evil act that it is - I wouldn't ever relegate it to the term "moment of weakness" - especially with the more and more that we learn about such things in the field of psychology today.

Most doctors today agree that pedophilia is something that is innate part of one's character - something that can't just be treated away. Most who suffer from this mental illness have to live with it for the rest of their lives. The way to effectively deal with these people is NOT to keep them in positions where they will have contact with children!!

Humility wrote:

I feel like this guy took the cowards' way out, and he deserves any divine justice he gets as a result. Sorry, Maine Catholic, while we're all sinners, this guy appears to be an unrepentant one who took his own life to escape the world's justice. He could have repented and been forgiven by Christ, but that's not the route it looks like he chose.
There is no excuse for priests who molest children, just like there is no excuse for their superiors who knowingly allow it to continue. I have trouble viewing it for anything but the evil act that it is - I wouldn't ever relegate it to the term "moment of weakness" - especially with the more and more that we learn about such things in the field of psychology today.
Most doctors today agree that pedophilia is something that is innate part of one's character - something that can't just be treated away. Most who suffer from this mental illness have to live with it for the rest of their lives. The way to effectively deal with these people is NOT to keep them in positions where they will have contact with children!!

And it is also a CHOICE.
We, all of us are always making choices.
If I had pedophilia in my makeup- I would g for councioing along with chemical castration-ANYTHING

bUT MUST OF ALL i WOULD JUST SAY no to it, the same way we say no to wanting to punch someone or run over a man you see beating a homeless person in the stree.
That is a hard one- but we are always saying no or making our choices.
That is how God made this life for us to overcome or overrule certain temptations.
There is ALWAYS A CHOICE.