{"id":3734,"date":"2011-04-19T20:55:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T03:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2011-05-11T21:03:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T04:03:22","slug":"monastic-rebuttal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/monastic-rebuttal\/","title":{"rendered":"Monastic Rebuttal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;I know for a fact that many monks felt demonized and ostracized by the Record\u2019s article. That is hardly ethical and it is hardly Benedictine. Let\u2019s live our values, shall we?&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Cody Maynus, SJU sophomore<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monastic Rebuttal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Editor,<\/p>\n<p>As a Lutheran whose personal formation has been greatly influenced by the Benedictine men and women of these institutions, I feel like I have the obligation to speak up and voice my opinions regarding last week\u2019s article about the clergy sex abuse scandal on campus.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->First of all, I would like to call the Record\u2019s journalistic integrity into question in the choice to feature a photograph of a monk not in any way related to the sexual abuse scandal. I happen to know the monk pictured and know for a fact that his name is not present on the list of offenders released by the Abbey.  In fact, this particular monk was not even in monastic formation when the last criminal sexual activity occurred on campus.<\/p>\n<p><!-- That brings me to my second point: While the last allegation against a St. John\u2019s monk was brought forward in 2004, the last criminal sexual activity occurred in the 1980s. That is more than 20 years without having a substantial accusation against one of the brothers or fathers here. Many current students were not born the last time a monk engaged in behavior that was criminal.   In no way am I attempting to exonerate the guilty monks \u2014 their behavior was lewd and unchristian. However, I do want to make the assertion that the university is safe. It is possible to respond to the news without demonizing the subject of the news. I know for a fact that many monks felt demonized and ostracized by the Record\u2019s article. That is hardly ethical and it is hardly Benedictine. Let\u2019s live our values, shall we? --><\/p>\n<p>Read Entire Article <a href=\"http:\/\/csbsjurecord.com\/2011\/04\/monastic-rebuttal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peace to you and grace,<br \/>\nCody Maynus &#8211; SJU sophomore<\/p>\n<p>Monastic rebuttal<br \/>\nBy Cody Maynus<br \/>\nPosted on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 1:37 pm<br \/>\nThe Record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I know for a fact that many monks felt demonized and ostracized by the Record\u2019s article. That is hardly ethical and it is hardly Benedictine. Let\u2019s live our values, shall we?&#8221; &#8211; Cody Maynus, SJU sophomore Monastic Rebuttal Dear Editor, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/monastic-rebuttal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[284,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cody-maynus","category-opinion","wp-image-borders"],"views":580,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3734"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3736,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions\/3736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.behindthepinecurtain.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}