In this day and age, being compensated for damages or a faulty product is the way. Whether a stale loaf of bread or an inflated assessment of real estate or a car that turns out to be a lemon or the mistreatment of your dog at the kennel, the model is to return, sue, exchange, receive store credit, or be compensated somehow.

While picketing in front of Norwich Diocese churches, I have had conversations with faithful who agree something should be done about the scores of Norwich Diocese victims, with faithful who call victims greedy, with priests who claim their hands are tied and prayers are all they can offer, with those who call us troublemakers, and with others who can't believe I even have the audacity to poke at "men of God."

All these people I interacted with live in the world of "recompense," yet victims of rape by priests and nuns should blend in and get over it and be quiet and stop trying to ruin the church and quit being greedy?

For those Catholics opposed to my picketing, I suggest reading the Catechism. The way Bishop Cote handles victims and complaints of abuse breaks six out of the 10 commandments, maybe more.

John McGuire

New London