I grew up in ‘60's and attended Our Lady Queen of Apostles grade school, <br />Where we had Baltimore Catechisms, <br />-the book furthered the schism of Christians, <br />We were young at before Ecumenical II we thought of ourselves holy and cool, <br />Pagan Babies were the ones that we fed our dimes to, <br />Among the slots made for only dimes, not pennies or nickels, quarters are too much, <br />And Cardinal Dearden, the head of the Detroit Diocese, <br />Considered us his flock but how things change, <br />And a perversion set it and sets schism within Catholic churches and such. <br /> <br />Now the Baltimore Catechism is no more in its original form, <br />Instead a new book informs children of potential abuses by their priest or pastor, <br />Children ask St. Michael for guidance, he surely gives a saintly look, <br />As they color him with crayons in their book, <br />For decades the church had hidden them, moving the ones that were guilty, <br />Around like pawns on a chess board, <br />Ecumenical II is forty plus years gone, <br />times changed, <br />We are not little altar boys no more, <br />The dimes the church paid out in lawsuits were quadrillions in number*, <br />But not pagan babies but to plaintiffs that were abused by priests, <br />But for some that was not good enough, some sought vengeance, <br />Cardinal Roger Mahoney, <br />the shepherd of the Diocese of Los Angeles, <br />Found this out when of his flock, <br />Was a person seeking him out, <br />Cardinal Mahoney though not molested, <br />he was attacked, <br />He was lucky he wasn't killed let there be no doubt. <br /> <br />(12-6-2007)<br /><br />Joe Rosochacki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/baltimore-catechisms-pagan-babies-and-bishops-captured-by-pawns/
