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" Father Layden is a great man credited with many peoples relationships with god. Preist or not, every man and woman on this planet is tempted with sin. Your in the prayers of all of us that knew you. Get through this and come back to the front lines for sake of everyone. "

" Let me try to say my piece using different words this time and see if it makes it through. Do not let the sins of others keep you away from a relationship with God and/or religion. It is horrible when a person in a position of power in any walk of life does something wrong and leads the followers astray, but you cannot throw out all education because of the mistakes of a few teachers, and you cannot throw out all religion because of the mistakes of a few clergy. If you give up on going to church you are hurting yourself more than anyone else, both socially and spiritually. A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. Keep seeking God, both in church, and outside. And keep praying for all pastors. They need it! "

" 110100100 - I noticed that too. I made what I thought was a very good, thoughtful, and considerate comment and it didn't get posted. It seems that this story in particular is really open to the editors. I have seem several comments made lately in reply to other comments, and when I go back the original comments are missing. Interesting. "

" I’m stunned that no one has thanked the police for getting a suspected drug dealer off the street. A suspected drug dealer who was a community leader involved with children. "

" Twocents08, you said that very well. Thank you. Praying without ceasing... "

" Father Layden was a wonderful priest when he was at Epiphany. His homilies were truly touching and inspiring. I can not imagine what would have happened for these allegations to be true. It is very upsetting and as Monsignor Powell said "dredful." Those who did not know him will certainly not understand the outpouring of support he now receives and will continue to receive regardless of the end result of this incident. I will always hold Father Layden in the highest regard for the work he did in my life and those of Epiphany Parish. My prayers are with him. "

" Wow, every time I come back to this story the comment count is lowered. "

" wow,
me and my children really looked up to this man "

" I thought anything to do with religion, church, leaders, etc. was inspired by God. Someone commented: The church should let priests marry. If found guilty, this guy needs to be fired. You don't just quit your habits, you continue on...in most cases. "

" I admire and respect Father Layden very much. He does wonderful work. Let's hope for the best for him and all the faithful at U of I. "

" Kent Dorfman: I agree with you. The church should let priests marry. I know molesters are molesters, but then at least the church might be better able to weed out the bad ones and be more selective in their selection process. I think vocations would definitely increase if being priests could marry.

As for Father Layden. I hope/pray it is all a mistake; both for his sake and the Catholic church--which has taken a beating of late.

But please understand, not all priests are bad; that's what makes news items like this "news." There are some really great priests in this town (and some not so great ones, in my opinion) so I hope people don't throw away the baby with the bath water...... "

" What if he 'confiscated' the stuff from a troubled kid or two and this is sour grapes? "

" I have long admired Fr. Layden. His homilies are wonderful. I just want him to know that he is in my prayers. "

" now thats interesting.......... "