John Jay wrote:

"Imagine, a lost childhood and adulthood. Imagine, following the abuse the child was told no one would believe them against the church. Imagine, a life of chaos,, inability to cope and keeping the pain to yourself."

to which I responded:

"Imagine a greedy attorney driving a brand-new Mercedes to drop-off SNAP's cut of the 'take'. "

His was an emotional appeal based on imagining, to which I provided an example of another emotional appeal based on imagining.

In other word, if you and he can bypass emotional appeals and your assessment of the USCCB, we can share what concrete information exists and see how this turns out.