- Cardinal George Settles - $12.7 million to Victims -

Sex should be a sacred act of mutual affection involving a man and a woman in marital bliss. Or should it?

Not for sex abuse victims, violated by Catholic priests. Just hush for a few years and we will compensate you handsomely. Don't tell your parents what I'm doing to you. It's none of their business until we get caught, and then the Chicago archdiocese will pay you, your parents, and other victims to the tune of $12 million collectively. It is a terrible day when Cardinal Francis George has to apologize (go to public confessional) and divvy out settlements because of priests like Daniel McCormack and others. 

Come on Catholics!  Let the priests get married; sexual desires can only be contained by those who are called not to be sexually active. Most men have to have sex, regardless of religious cloaking, collars, and cover-ups. Desire for good purpose is "good." Suppression of desires because of religious practice is being untruthful to God.  Allowing priests to get married is just one step. Ridding the Catholic community of child predators is a serious civil rights issue.