The Catholic Coloring Book
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If you haven’t seen it yet, the archdiocese has released a new coloring book for distribution to the hordes of Catholic kids out there.

The book contains the following page portraying a priest giving a particularly “enthusiastic” wave to a little boy, while an angel looks on and reminds the child that he shouldn’t be left alone with an adult without leaving the door open.

Great, let’s make a kid feel guilty for not taking on THAT responsibility, instead of weeding out the pedophiles and nut jobs.

And just WHAT is that kid doing? Giving a pelvic exam?

Catholic Coloring Book

6 Responses to “The Catholic Coloring Book”
 

Ahem.

a) the kid is putting on the acolyte robe. :-)

b) I don’t think it’s about making a kid feel guilty. It’s part of an overall Church wide effort to solve the problem from the inside out. Every adult that has any interaction with children now - including CCD teachers (this is how I know) has to undergo special training to prevent and recognize abuse.

Would “weeding out the pedophiles and nut jobs” be better? Obviously. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to spot the “I am A Pedophile And/Or Nut Job” sign.

Parents teach their children not to talk to strangers. Schools (as well as parents, hopefully) routinely teach kids about “good touch vs. bad touch” and how to say no, etc etc etc - and no one says “oh great, you’re saying it’s the kid’s fault”.

Miss Britt wrote on December 5th, 2007 at 5:28 am

 
 

not sure why, but that angel in the air makes me giggle.

hellohahanarf wrote on December 5th, 2007 at 5:59 am

 
 

That angel is hot - I’d fuck her.

Avitable wrote on December 5th, 2007 at 6:48 am

 
 

Miss Britt - A) It certainly looks like there should be a pair of legs and stirrups involved. B) So where’s the adult coloring book, and what do those pages look like? C) I need to look into redesigning those signs. I don’t necessarily think it’s an issue of making the kid feel like it’s his fault, as much as it leaves that open as a possibility (a kid who gets abused makes the short leap from “I knew I shouldn’t be alone with him” to “It’s my fault.”)

hello - She’s got a pretty mischievous grin on her face. She must know something the rest of us don’t know.

Avitable - Isn’t that how the movie The Exorcist started?

jester wrote on December 5th, 2007 at 3:34 pm

 
 

I don’t remember getting a coloring book.

I do however remember having to spend an hour watching the most uncomfortable video ever made.

Miss Britt wrote on December 5th, 2007 at 4:32 pm

 
 

Miss Britt - Now THAT’s something you should totally blog about.

jester wrote on December 5th, 2007 at 4:50 pm

 

Say something already!