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We are all the Church, There is so much to say to so many people on so many levels. I hardly know where to begin. My dear Catholics, the church is not headed by ordained priests (bishops, monsignors, or fathers). The church is now, always was, and always will be headed by Christ. We are the body. We are charged with caring for His church. We are the ones asking to be served by those ordained by the Catholic Church hierarchy to serve us. We ask for the structure, rule and liturgy of the Catholic religion as our form of worship. Did we ever once ask how seminarians are selected? When an ordained priest is moved into our parish to live and work under the roof we paid for, did we required our local pastor to appoint a committee of parishioners to screen the new priest? If not, why not! This gets me to the Monsignor Saccacio situation. He was told to pack up and vacate his office in six hours based on a 1961 allegation. Does anyone besides me have a problem with that? With all due respect to the person and family who made the accusation, the inconsideration of the diocesan hierarchy for the broader laity is astounding. The way the monsignor's removal was conducted caused anxiety on incalculable levels. To put it nicely, it was ludicrous. Recently this newspaper was chastised by a reader in a letter to the editor which will henceforth be known as the Cinnamon Stick Memorandum. This memorandum said that the newspaper exploited the monsignor's situation. I read their coverage and saw strong and, I'm sure difficult reporting, but no exploitation. Exploitation is what pedophiles do to children. The Cinnamon Stick Memorandum lectured the newspaper and its readers on the true meaning of forgiveness (Like it was the paper's to grant.) Forgiveness, as you all know, does not absolve anyone from the consequences of their actions. This is the reason we have such a complicated systems of Laws and pay lawyers so much money. (Don't get me started on that one.) It is time for those baptized Catholics to start taking an active role in running the Catholic Church on a parish level at least. Bob Tedesco, Amityville | |||||
