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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 2
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difficult by undermining the solid foundations of virtue you have labored
so diligently to build,
Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, teachers and clergymen of
al! faiths ore dismayed to find the young being exposed to a torrential
flood of pornography with all its corrupting influences. They know that
salacious literature corrupts both young and old, However, it is especially
cruel to the young in destroying moral values and inducing perversion.
Experts on juvenile delinquency have told us it is impossible to
inculcate sound moral values and to produce good citizens among young people
who ore immersed in the cesspool of pornography and immorality.
I know you will agree thot we hove on our hands a problem of
serious proportions which demands our immediate attention and action. It is
@ problem which in America s past, civil authorities ordinarily would have
dealt with swiftly and surely. However, today low enforcement agencies
have been frustrated in their work by court decisions rendered by a few misguided
high ranking judicial officials. It seems that in this age of drift, minds ore
driven by every wind of doctrine and theory, lacking all standards by which to
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