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Is the Church supposed to be consistent in its positions and rules over the centuries, or is it supposed to flip flop all over the place with every change in public opinion each generation?
Church is in a tough position here. The nun is openly defying church doctrine on abortion. They have to kick her out of their club.
But the pedophiles weren't openly doing anything. They were hiding what they did, and it made it easy for the Church to sweep under the carpet.
While any rational person today considers what the nun did to be the obvious right thing and pedophiles to be vermin, the Church thinks they are both sinners. And the "sinning" nun is unrepentant and defiant. That's why she is getting excommunicated.
This is just one more example of how the Church is out of touch and shows why it's dying off. But I can't fault them for being consistent in their position on abortion.
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