By debating something like this catholics are only making a bigger fool of themselves

[Something completely different]

The case of a young woman who was denied treatment by Catholic hospitals after she may have been raped has sparked a debate among German Catholics. At its heart is whether the Church should allow emergency contraceptive pills, or whether such drugs are equivalent to abortion.

The German Bishops' Conference plans to re-evaluate its policy on emergency contraception, also known as the "morning-after pill," following an incident in Cologne in which two Catholic hospitals denied treatment to a possible rape victim.

Cardinal Meisner, 79, came under heavy criticism last month after it emerged that a woman in Cologne who may have been raped was denied treatment by two Catholic hospitals. The 25-year-old woman saw a doctor at an emergency center after she blacked out during a night of partying with friends and woke up on a bench in a different part of the city. The doctor suspected the woman may have been drugged and raped, and contacted a nearby Catholic hospital to schedule a gynecological exam for the patient.

According to the emergency center doctor, the hospital said its ethics commission had consulted with Cardinal Meisner and decided to forbid exams of rape victims because they could force doctors to advise on unwanted pregnancies that may result from the rape. The young woman eventually received treatment from a hospital run by the Protestant church.

The Catholic foundation that runs the two hospitals said the incident was the result of a misunderstanding, and promised an internal investigation. Meisner said the case "shames us deeply because it contradicts our Christian mission and our purpose."
Meisner's most recent statement on the morning-after pill was praised by the German Catholic Hospitals' Association, which said it clarified a previously murky policy on what hospitals are allowed to do for rape victims.

"We are still against the abortion pill," Thomas Vortkamp, an official with the association, told Cologne-based Catholic broadcaster Domradio. "But it helps to know we can give a 'morning-after pill' in cases of raped women who must be helped urgently."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germ...81531.html

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Or maybe this one??

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-...2095.story

In the midst of renewed public outrage over its handling of clergy sex abuse, the Los Angeles Archdiocese is considering a $200-million fundraising campaign that could erase debts brought on by the scandal.

The archdiocese has hired a New York company, Guidance In Giving Inc., to study the feasibility of a large-scale fundraiser that would shore up a bottom line hit hard by costly abuse litigation. It would be the archdiocese's first capital campaign in 60 years.

The archdiocese's $660-million settlement in 2007 with more than 500 victims was the largest in U.S. history. According to a December financial report, the archdiocese is still paying down loans it used to cover the settlement, and its liabilities now outstrip its assets by $80 million.

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