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1. Where are all those who bashed the Church so much about this issue now?
   From the very outset, the Church has done its homework and even backed it with its own money, and now the results are in.
   The Church isn't stupid, as some, even some posters on this web site claim.

   Posted By: Fr Mick Mac Andrew, Bombala-Delegate NSW

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