• WEB POLL

Do you think the Diocese of Portland went too far banning Paul Kendrick, who is an outspoken advocate for victims of priest sexual abuse, from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland?

62.5%	Yes
37.5%	No

Comment: The Catholic Church is full of sex crazed homosexual priests who prey on innocent children. The higher authority in the church has gone out their way to protect these PEDOPHILES at the expense of the children they have raped and the families they have destroyed. They are sick and disgusting and should be imprisoned. They should be spoken out against endlessly in all possible venues. Their ban of this individual who has spoken out against their child rapist priests is only proof of their crimes and demented and disgusting ways. JAIL THESE KOOKS. from OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE by WENDELL

Comment: Harrassment is harrassment. The diocese should have banned Paul a long time ago. from Gray by Jan

Comment: This "gentleman" obviously went beyond the reasonable bounds of protest. Threats to the Bishop are not the way to protest what he wants us to perceive as the church's injustices. His threats border on a type of hidden violence he would like us to pretend is socially correct. from Waterville by Lee

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