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  • 29-11-2009 3:17pm
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    Johnny Giles
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    Are parents now more cautious about their sons becoming altar boys in the wake of the Murphy Report.

    Are you? 7 votes

    Yes
    0%
    No
    42%
    simudeisemumlazygal 3 votes
    Don't Care
    28%
    LudoKhannie 2 votes
    Let them at it!
    28%
    nesfstovelid 2 votes


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    #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Don't Care
    What does "let them at it" mean?

    I'd appreciate it if nobody responds to the thread or votes in the poll until we get clarification on that point.


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    #3
    Johnny Giles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Johnny Giles


    Let them be altar boys if they so wish.


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    #4
    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Don't Care
    Ok, thanks.

    I answered "no" because I would always be cautious of leaving my child in the presence of another adult that I don't really know. As such I'm no more cautious as I would have been cautious already.


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    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Girls can serve mass too...


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    Johnny Giles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Johnny Giles


    Oh. Forgot about that. Have their been any cases of priests abusing female altar servers? They seem to abuse boys more often according to the media. Have heard a few cases relating to girls but were they servers?


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    simu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,730 ✭✭✭✭simu


    No
    I think it's madness to leave kids anywhere near priests tbh.

    Then again, I'm not very religious.


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    jenzz
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    my concern is the control the church has over many of our schools...


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    stovelid
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    Let them at it!
    I voted Don't Care because I can't ever see my children serving mass.

    If they did, I don't think I'd be any less or more vigilant than I would be about other adults that they encounter. Kids shouldn't be left alone for significant amounts of time with any adult be they teachers, coaches or priests.


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    Johnny Giles
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    Children are left with teachers for like 6 hours a day. How many days a year? How many years?


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    stovelid
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    Let them at it!
    Johnny Giles wrote: »
    Children are left with teachers for like 6 hours a day. How many days a year? How many years?

    One on one for six hours?


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    Nevyn
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    My children are not catholic so they would never become altar servers but it wasn't just altar servers which were abused.


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    Johnny Giles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Johnny Giles


    stovelid wrote: »
    One on one for six hours?


    It's a bloody disgrace. What are the teachers doing?


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    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Let them at it!
    Johnny Giles wrote: »
    It's a bloody disgrace. What are the teachers doing?

    ?


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    #15
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Troll Thread closed.


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