Dennis,
I AM glad you took that in the way intended: humor.

I also agree on the lack of justification for demanding such a letter.  But I also think and very much appreciate your point on the need to be open to a different view on these cases.  The big goal here should be to move from two sides, to a communal "us."  We're a LONG way from that in the church today, but we should be open, so thank you for that series of posts.  

As to the Statute of Limitations w/r/t minors, I think that the bishops were pretty effective in lobbying many states to prevent them from extending those statutes: yet another example of just how far out of synch things are.

mo