Lessons In Moral Obligation

To the Editor:

In response to Mr Vallely (Letter Hive, November 12), I confess that if we need lessons in moral obligation from the hierarchy of an organization that has, for decades, enabled and protected a bunch of child molesters, then we are in a deeper state of anomie than I had suspected. Do we also need lessons in business ethics from the boards of Enron, Worldcom, and Tyco?

I note that Mr Vallely asks for prayers “daily to end legal abortion.” Apparently he doesn’t object to illegal abortion.  Or is his use of the word “legal” just another example of the sloppy thinking that permeates his letter? Surely it matters not to the Law Giver of  “the holy and infallible fifth commandment” whether the killing is sanctioned by the State.

Brian Gibney

10 Checkerberry Lane, Sandy Hook                    November 15, 2004