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good lord I am so unbelivably drunk it is ridiculous.
I told pathetic stories about myself and I am drunk. Did I mention I am drunk.
Mr. Jenner is taking off clothes. Should I tell you that.
He tickles me with his tongue.

Oh the great embarrassment.

forgive the drunken post. *covers face*
Mr. Jenner, being the designated driver last night had the pleasant task of making sure I drank enough water before I went to bed.
I have faint memories of climbing into bed and saying, "the bed is spinning. Andrew make the bed stop spinning."
All night I had dreams that I was on a bob-sled team and we kept going very very very fast.
Not a restful sleep.

the nasty side of life.

I don't exactly know how to talk about all of this so I will talk about everything.
My Mom called to tell me that a Parish Priest we had when I was a little kid has been charged with molestation. My memories of him are really quite lovely. I was an extremely shy child but I always felt comfortable around him and he was always very gentle and patient. I am well aware of the fact that there are people who have been convicted of such acts who appeared to be upstanding citizens that were respected and admired. I know that some of my more.... (how shall I put this kindly without being insulting)"anti-Catholic" readers might feel the need to make some comments on the subject.
I ask gently that some might comment with compassion or restraint.

I think that some Dioceses (this country in particular) handled some of those priests (who did have a history of hurting kids) in a rather stupid way by moving them around to different parishes. It didn't end anything and they lied to a lot of people and caused a lot of pain. I also hope that people remember that not every priest is some horrible monster.

To offer a deeply personal aspect to all of this, it makes me feel kind of strange to hear about this priest being accused for so many reasons. One of them is the fact that when I was a kid I was sexually abused by someone (not a priest) and now I know someone who may be an abuser and it is sometimes easier to think of an abuser as not being human. One tends to think of them as this evil monster or an animal. Yet he is a human being. There are loving feelings about this person and still there could be this other side to him. I do hope that the accusations are false and if they aren't? I will feel tremendous sadness. There isn't much I can do except pray for his soul; Pray for the person who has accused him and hope for the best. I feel a sudden great sense of compassion for child molesters. They are truly sick people and often there isn't much that can be done for them. There is still plenty of anger directed at someone who would do such a thing but this is going to be an eye-opening experience.