“In our secular society, one of our basic and most fundamental dogmas is that human beings are worthy; that we are basically good at heart, and that the Church’s teachings about human sinfulness and guilt are simply oppressive lies, intended to deceive us and keep us down, the helpless victims of oppressive priests. But, secularism insists, human beings are supremely worthy and noble…All the evidence—I mean, absolutely all the evidence, every single shred of it—suggests the contrary.”
(Fr Lawrence Farley, ‘No Other Foundation’ blog)