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Cartoonist

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Sat Dec 1, 2018, 08:41 AM Dec 2018

How to Recognize Demonic Activity [View all]

Here's the latest excuse the Catholic Church is using. I didn't think the full title of the article would fit in the OP title.

How to Recognize Demonic Activity in the Church Scandals, According to an Exorcist

“By sexually abusing children, Satan desires to destroy the icon of the kingdom of God.”

“Who is going to believe you?” It is the devil’s taunt, according to exorcist, Father Gary Thomas. It is a message to silence sexual abuse victims. And we have learned that same message silenced or impeded the truth of the sexual scandal in the Church from getting out for so long.

Fr. Gary Thomas is the exorcist for the Diocese of San Jose, California.

Catholics know that the devil seeks our destruction and is forever looking for openings to destroy God’s Church and harm souls. The sex abuse scandal reveals that he found hospitality among those who should have turned him out.

“It’s only going to get worse,” Father Thomas said, “but as bad as it is, it has to come out. It is unacceptable.” According to him, the devil used his old standby threat to keep people silent: Who’s going to believe you? We know now that among those that spoke out despite that taunt, the devil’s agents did indeed show disbelief or apathy.
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So, essentially, he's saying, "The devil made us do it. "

Full nonsense here:
http://m.ncregister.com/blog/armstrong/how-to-recognize-demonic-activity-in-the-church-scandals-according-to-an-ex

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