European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes religion saturday november 21,1992 Bishops Back Swift action on sex abuse by priests by the Baltimore Sun Washington a goaded by widespread publicity of priests sexual abuse of children the nations roman Catholic Bishops adopted their first Public statement on the problem thursday calling on dioceses to Deal with allegations promptly and Quot As openly As  the Resolution passed unanimously by a voice Vole grew out of a meeting Between Cardinal Roger m. Mahony of los Angeles and sex abuse victims who demonstrated monday in front of the Omni Shoreham hotel Here As the National conference of Catholic Bishops began its four Days of annual deliberations. Thursdays Resolution was immediately criticized by three National organizations of priests victims As not going far enough they had called for a strict and uniform policy on paedophile priests to be mandated in every Catholic diocese claiming that in some dioceses such priests Are still being shielded from prosecution. The Bishops endorsed a suggestion by Bishop John j. Mcraith of Owensboro ky., that the Bishops create a National task Force Quot to Deal with difficult situations involving sex abuse. Quot this task Force would be most effective if survivor second woman made a Bishop by episcopalians by the los Angeles times Washington a one Day after . Roman Catholic Bishops steadfastly reaffirmed the ban on women in the Priesthood the episcopal Church on thursday consecrated the second woman Bishop in its history in an ancient rile at the National Cathedral in Washington. Amid medieval pomp and ceremony and the laying on of hands by More than 20 Rcd and White Robed Bishops the Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon was elevated to the Episcopacy. Dixon who has been Rector of a Maryland Parish and was ordained a priest in 1982, will become Suffragan assistant Bishop in the diocese of Washington. She is married and has two sons and a daughter. She is the third woman to become a Bishop in the 70 million member worldwide anglican communion and the second in the episcopal Church the . Branch of the communion. Her consecration beneath the vaulted gothic Arches of the Cathedral was not without controversy even within the episcopal Church. But the mood was mainly one of Celebration. Among those attending her consecration was a delegation of roman Catholic women and nuns who arc urging their Church to ordain women. Many Catholic women viewed Dixon a Elevation to Bishop and the Church of England a vote last week to admit women to its Priesthood As a Quot sign of the times that they Hope their own Church will carefully consider. Arc included in its membership a the group said. Archbishop Daniel e. Pilarczyk concluding his three year term As president of the Bishops conference predicted that any diocese without an announced policy to Deal with the paedophile Issue would be a putting one together sooner rather than  but he also said that the National conference of Catholic Bishops did not have the authority to require every diocese to follow the same policy. Quot i understand their urgency a Pilarczyk said of the sex abuse victims but he said that criminal statutes vary from slate to state and must be dealt with individually. The Bishops Resolution prepared in executive session was an adaptation of a statement made by Pilarczyk in june at the University of notre Dame after closed door discussions by the Bishops of the sex abuse Issue. The total of the financial settlements and other costs to the Church in the United states Over the last decade related to priests abuse of children has been estimated at $400 million. "1 am humiliated and embarrassed that priests arc involved in this kind of behaviour and we can to tolerate it a Pilarczyk said thursday. The Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon acknowledges the congregation at Washington s National Cathedral alter being consecrated As Suffragan Bishop of the diocese of Washington on thursday night. Body mania linked to 1960s Tai Tor s note these questions and answers tire to Eer Ted from the Hook Quot or. Dobson answers your Ouess on. A question Why do people seem to he More conscious of their physical Haws and inadequacies now than in the past what accounts for the a a epidemic of inferiority or. Dobson 1 believe this tremendous emphasis on physical attractiveness is a byproduct of the sexual revolution going on around us. Our society has been erotically supercharged since the mid-1960s when the traditional moral standards and restraints began to collapse. Television radio magazines movies billboards literature and clothing All reflect this unparalleled James c. Dobson fascination with sensuality of various sorts. Obviously when sex becomes All important in a society then each persons sex Appeal and Charm take on a new social significance. Simply stated the More steamed up a culture becomes Over sex the More it will Reward Beauty and punish ugliness. It is my View that the increased sensuality in America during the �?T70s and �?T80s is generating a higher incidence of emotional casualties among people who Are intently aware of their inability to compete in the flirtatious game. If Beauty represents the necessary currency the Gold Coin of wort then they Are undeniably bankrupt. And sadly the most vulnerable victims of this foolish measure of human Worth Are the Little children who Are too Young to understand too immature to compensate and too crushed to fight Back. Dobson is president of focus on the family a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the Home. Correspondence to Dobson should be addressed to focus on the family. P o. Box 3?. Colorado Springs Colo. 80903enrollment at seminaries increases 1.5 percent from wire reports Pittsburgh a enrolment in 208 protestant and roman Catholic seminaries Rose 1.5 percent to 60,086 in 1991, according to the association of theological schools in the United states and Canada. Of the students 18,103, or 30.1 percent were women. The proportion of women was up 3.3 percent Over the previous year. The association said the number and percentage of women have increased steadily for the past two  courses set new York a the rabbinical Assembly has launched an Effort to provide a Basic comprehension of Judaism to non jewish partners in marriages marginal jews and  jews. The Assembly representing rabbis of conservative Judaism said its committee on outreach and conversion has received cooperation of rabbis across the country to conduct the new synagogue based  plan criticized Albany . A new Yorkus Catholic Bishops on wednesday issued a pastoral letter condemning condom distribution in schools and saying Young should instead be encouraged to abstain trom sex. The Bishops acknowledged that Quot it is time to speak the truth about aids and the virus that causes it his. But they claimed studies have shown condoms fail As often As 52 percent of the time and said sex partners using condoms Are taking part in a potential a act of death and  the state Board of regents recently gave Public schools the go ahead to allow condom distribution after an often heated  voice advocated Mundelein 111. The world needs a Quot moral Compass to find its Way in this Quot time of confusion Quot says the director of the . Department of political affairs. . Ramcharan a barrister and economist from Guyana recently told the evangelical lutheran Church in americans task Force on peace a when the going gets Tough the last voice to be heard is that of the  official quits Richmond a. A Betty Law a Veteran of 40 years in Southern Baptist Mission work says she is retiring Early As the foreign Mission boards vice president for the americas because of a a growing tendency toward control and  citing a shift Quot toward expecting allegiance and compliance without room for differences of opinion a she wrote. Quot i have worked with baptists in other countries who have a deep Faith. They do not have to express their Faith in the same Way As 1 do As a Southern Baptist or be Southern baptists for me to serve with them learn from them and be inspired and challenged by  involvement urged new York a the new general Secretary of the world Council of churches says he plans to emphasize increased involvement of youth in the quest for greater Christian Unity. The Rev. Konrad Raiser told a news conference that if denominations done to attempt to recapture their youth Quot the unquestioned religious search that is Takin place among the younger generation will take a different  Raiser a German lutheran will succeed the Rev. Emilio Castro a uruguayan methodist in  magazines fold new York a two of the nations oldest religious magazines the american Baptist and Christian Herald have ceased publication. Both cited declining circulation. The Christian Herald started in 1878, was based in Chappaqua . The american Baptist s antecedent Magazine started in 1803. Philips Jenks executive editor of the american Baptist a denominational monthly based in Valley forge pa., said it will be replaced by a newsletter