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...writing in response to Joe A. Acevedo's brainless condemnation of Sinead O'Connor ("Hairless Heathen Heckles High Priest," Oct. 20). I am not sure which I found more disturbing, his blind defense of the Catholic Church, or his vicious attacks on Sinead for expressing her beliefs. Both were riddled with factual half-truths and logical inconsistancies...
Evidently Acevedo believes that a musician's job is only to entertain his or her fans, but unfortunately, some of today's music stars recognize that some things are more important than selling albums and making money. Sinead O'Connor does not care if her album sales suffer as long as she makes people aware of an issue that she rightly sees as important...
...Sinead O'Connor wants everyone, Catholic or otherwise, to reconsider what they have been taught about the church. She neither desires nor expects people to leave the church en masse or to go around ripping up their own photos of the pope. All she wants is for people everywhere to realize that there are some inescapable problems with the Catholic hierarchy that have persisted for over a millennium and will not go away simply by stifling dissent...
...above points should not be construed as a total condemnation of the Catholic Church. It unquestionably has a long list of extraordinary accomplishments of which all Catholics can be proud. Furthermore, many of Sinead O'Connor's allegations against the church are just that--unproven allegations. Although some are well-based in fact, others seems to border on the unbelievable...
Nevertheless, they all merit some amount of discussion, which should include greater openness from the Vatican. Sinead's point is not that Pope John Paul II is fully responsible for all the world's problems, but that he, and the church, are partially responsible for some of them. Because so many people disagree with that so virulently, Sinead felt she had to do something drastic to get their attention. Evidently, it worked. Ezra Perlman...