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	The Philippine Waitress in the Italian Restaurant in Singapore By Frank Douglas Voice from the Desert March 18, 2011 http://reform-network.net/?p=9660 Lorraine and I are in Singapore waiting to take another bucket cruise, this one from Singapore to Beijing. This evening (Friday) Lorraine needed sleep and I needed Italian food, so I went to Garibaldi’s on the hotel’s recommendation. The waitress assigned to my table was a young (about 30 years old) “guest worker” from the Philippines. I told her my stomach was on the fritz. She recommended excellent minestrone, adequate fettuccini with tomato sauce, and great chamomile tea with honey and biscotti for dunking. I added a glass of wine, which was a mistake. Before she brought the check I asked her if she was Catholic. She said, yes, most Philippine people are Catholic. I asked her what she thought about clerical sex abuse of children. She said it happens everywhere. I asked if she thought the bishops were covering up sex abuse by priests. She said yes, they have to; otherwise people wouldn’t have any confidence in what they are being taught. The young woman from the Philippines applied blue-collar common sense to the whole sex abuse/cover up phenomenon that many others and I obsess about. What is the lesson here? The lesson is: Don’t expect church hierarchs to cry uncle and admit they’ve covered up. Common sense says it just ain’t gonna happen.
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