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I'm not at all interested in Thai Massage, but someone else might be Ditto the Church on the Corner
anything that isn't politically correct, so often is not free here..... Thank you Albany Patch for this article.
In response to Michael's concerns on the issue of child sex abuse, we regret the many instances where such crimes have taken place within both religious and public secular organization like those he mentioned. The statistics are alarming as some 1 in 5 children are abused sexually in our country. This can happen anywhere including both public and private, secular, and religious organizations as well as in the home. Every organization working with children and youth has a responsibility, therefore, to adopt policies and procedures that reflect best practices for preventing child abuse. Some of these include running background checks, providing training on this issue to their staff and volunteers, establishing guidelines for maintaining healthy and appropriate boundaries both physical and emotional between adults and children/youth. At The Church on the Corner, we have adopted these recommended best practices and more into our programs for children and youth. The Church on the Corner has served the city of Albany for over 100 years now by contributing to the spiritual vitality of our community. We are thankful for the opportunity to continue to do so and to freely participate in this awesome free online community resource called Albany Patch! Rev. Tom Cullen, Pastor
I think Tom Cullen does good work. It's not right to say he ought not to announce the schedule of his church on the patch. It's a public notice, not a summons
If there are 'special events,'( fund-raisers, icon/relic sales, etc.) then I'm fine with it. Our 'City Boundries', which are religiously adhered to by Patch Rules for restaurants and massage parlors would certainly not apply to religion. We have no Mosque or Jewish Temple here, yet we have one of the worlds leading Buddhist groups (home to the Dali Lama for most of his adult life)... so we take pride in their being here, but not necessarily in their dogma.
The Catholic Church, and nearest Jewish Temple are both outside of Albany,- and don't forget the East Bay Atheists' popular "Beer Not God," meetings at Anh Hong's in Berkeley; should they be encouraged to publish here too?
(Be careful Michael; we'll put you on a Diet of Worms. Things did not go well for Martin Luther with his posting of ninty five theis'; and things have NOT changed that much since.)
You guys are relative 'newbies' being post reformation and all... but your contributions, historic and current are greatly appreciated!
You are not alone in being bothered. Diarmuid Martin said there is a crisis regarding the sexual abuse of children by priests and the cover-up by the Church. Martin has provided tens of thousands of pages of evidence against specific priests, and his words and actions carry extraordinary weight since he's the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. (And Michael Barnes is the first to admit he occasionally puts his foot in it; but better that than being 'PC' and mute I think.)
It's fine tae ken fit's gyan on in the area. I get my hometown paper sent to me. It has all the Church services from the Salvation Army to the Wee Frees. I dinna see the bother. I'm no going to be converted by anybody an they're all part of the town. Even the pubs advertise in the paper.
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