[Little Rock, AK] The abuse-hoax has claimed yet another victim. A French priest of the Fraternity of St. Pehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifter has been suspended pending an investigation by his Bishop, Anthony Taylor, for disciplining a child by slapping her. His Latin Mass community is going to be on hold. It's not certain where his sheep will go to Mass, but if we may be so bold as to suggest this place, here.
Father Demets spirits are high. He is unrepentant and almost unmoved by the accusation. The gallant French priest writes:
And if America has become a country of sissies, it is not my fault.... well... it's the same in Europe now ! The all Western civilization is messed up. You can kill babies as Emily said, but you cannot smoke. You can say heresy in the Church, but cannot discipline a kid..... O tempora o mores !
You can read about it, here at Laudem Gloriae, Arkansas Catholic or here.
The Holy Scriptures caution us us, "Spare the rod, spoil the child"....But using the hand for slapping was discouraged by St. Don Bosco and other saints as well. A Devout Catholic layman I know actually has a rod he uses to discipline his children. The rod is flexible and not so painful, personal, or dangerous as the hand but gets the message across and his children seem happy as well as disciplined.
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