In my previous column I naively asked, in light of all the pedophile scandals, why Catholics remain Catholics. The answers I got from Catholics really put me in my place.
My city in Arizona is more a Mormon town than a Catholic one. Still, there is enough of a presence here for them to make their feelings known, and they did. I had no business, I was told, assuming that people would turn their backs on a set of beliefs due to the behavior of some individuals within their church. There have been scandals in all religions. Never should we expect or encourage a person to turn their back on God because of the actions of an individual, or even a group of individuals.
All True.
