tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3418100.post-785853522002-07-06T00:22:00.000+10:002002-07-06T00:22:21.930+10:00<H3>The Judean People's Front</H3>Pedophile Catholics have been thankfully absent from the news lately, but there was a funny postscript to one of the last TV news stories about them, on Sydney Channel 10 as I remember. There was some story about how the Melbourne Catholic establishment had protected child molestors, dismissed victims, the usual stuff. Then the news went on to other stories, and right at the end, the announcer said something like, 'The Australian Catholic Church would like to clarify that the earlier news item about child abuse was referring to the <i>Roman </i>Catholic Church'. <br /> <br />Let us not go into the morass of almost every Christian faith believing that they alone are the true Catholic faith - the most prominent being the Church of England regarding herself as the English Catholic Church, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and nothing to do with those oddballs in Rome. <br /> <br />But spare a thought for the <b>Australian Catholic Church </b>- not only have the Roman Catholics gone and devalues the brand, as it were, but the Australian Catholic Church is very, very obscure. I can't find them anywhere on the net, 'Australian Catholic Church' is synonymous with the 'Roman Catholic Church in Australia'. They must have a massive complex over all this - if are any members are out there, do email me and tell us about yourselves. <br /> <br />I know the Australian Catholic Church exists because it is listed in the Australian Bureau of Statistics <a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/66f306f503e529a5ca25697e0017661f/006d6434b588843cca25697e00184be5!OpenDocument" target="new_window">list</a> of Christian religions, and I <i>know </i>it is obscure because it is right as the very very bottom with the 'Other Christian' religions, way below the mainstream 'Catholic Church in Australia', right at the runt of the list with the Millenial Dawnists and the Father Divine - Peace Mission Movement. <br />Rationalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350554457922938420noreply@blogger.com