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Likewise, it was the Catholic bishops who chose Leon Panetta and Bob Bennett, defenders of Bill Clinton in the Lewinsky episode, to the panel to investigate sexual child abuse in the Catholic Church. How astute!

p>The Catholic Church in American has no moral compass. None! br> -- Jack Hughes br> Chicago, Illinois /p>

Roughly 10 years ago, John Kerry managed to have the Catholic Church annul an 18 year marriage that produced 2 children.

p>Who can be surprised that he has now been able to find a bishop that endorses his actions (irrespective of the fact that they are at odds with his faith)? br> -- Chris Kenny /p>

George Neumayr is to be congratulated for this piece.

Having been on the receiving end of a liberal Jesuit education, I have no problem with casting the first stone. If Senator Kerry cannot display the continence and consistency required to observe the Gospels, for goodness' sake, how can he possibly be trusted to uphold the U.S. Constitution?

Secondly, what's in it for the Cardinal? Is the Catholic Church in Washington D.C. falling into the post-'60s trap of all Catholic hierarchy in the English-speaking world, namely the perceived need to associate themselves with the influential? Is this some Freudian thang on the part of a leader of an institution whose decline has been collaborated in by politicians like Senator Kerry? The Cardinal's duties are specific and well defined. They do not include running about with a bloke who will not vote against abortion. There ain't nothing more to it than that.

p>All this secret meeting stuff smacks of smoke-filled rooms and star chambers. If the two of them have anything to say to each other, the Cardinal should do what he and his brethren should have done years ago, which is to march on the Capitol shouting "Repent!"

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