Brian McGuire:  

Brian departed Bishop Reilly for the College of Sante Fe, New Mexico for a year, then turned on, tuned in and dropped out, foolishly returned to NYC where there were no jobs and got drafted into the Army. Brian found a home and retired after 23 years as a Military Police Chief Warrant Officer and Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent. Brian also worked as an investigator for the NYC Department of Investigation. Brian subsequently worked for the Maryland Insurance Fraud Division and the federal government performing national security background checks. Brian is retired in Missouri where he enjoys his Harley, TaeKwonDo, bonsai and woodworking. Brian has one son. It's time to acknowledge that there is something sick to the core of the Catholic Church in its relationship to children. It's time to close it down. It's time to sue it to death. Let's leave a better world to our children by eliminating a destructive spirit. Something in the essence of either the Church's philosophy or its execution is terribly flawed. Its most influential positions attract disturbed individuals who then act out forms of rage against children, often expressing it sexually. It has been so strong a part of the Church for so long and not even approached by any other mainstream religions in its prevalence that at some point you just have to scream, STOP!. These problems are only being dealt with symptomatically by incident, and limited to financial compensation and an occasional apology. Because of this, the Church and its clergy can no longer be entrusted to have anything to do with the physical or moral development of children. Without honest and transparent examination of the root causes, and a fundamental change in the...Expand for more