Musings of an Expagan

Contrary to popular belief, true believing Catholic couples do use some forms of birth control.  While believing Catholics are not supposed to use chemical forms of birth control, there are natural forms of birth control that are used by catholics.

NFP – Natural Family Planning is a system of measuring a woman’s body’s temperature  to figure out just when she ovulates.  The couple then abstains from sexual relations during this time.

The barrier method – While the Catholic Church teaches that there are several barrier methods are wrong there are a few barrier methods that are approved.

Here the child acts as a barrier so the parents don’t have time, nor do they have energy to have sex.

Coitus interruptus – There are various forms of this method.

Method 1 – The Toddler that is sleeping down the hall wakes up.  The universe has some sort of perverse sense of humor since it is almost always true that a toddler will wake up and go to their parents room when sex is about to or has just begun.

Method 2 – The door is locked, and you and your spouse are alone, the kids are downstairs watching some sort of movie that they are totally engrossed in.  Chances are, at the moment of contact the following will happen:

Method 3 - Nursing.  This method is used by a subset of Catholic couples.  It is sort of related to Method 1 above, but as it happens, when the circumstances get interesting for the couple.  The nursing toddler or the nursing baby will wake up.

So, there you have it, your introduction to the diverse world of Catholic Birth Control.  Final note, this post is supposed to be a humorous look into parenting and parental relations.  It is NOT intended to be take seriously.

Again, where is the cry and the Angst about Teachers who Abuse??!!  If this were a Priest, it would have made national headlines.

Teacher at a Santa Monica school held on suspicion of molestations

The instructor at Lincoln Middle School has been with the school system 30 years. He is suspected of molesting four female students.

A 60-year-old teacher at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica has been arrested on suspicion of molesting four of his female students. Police said they believe the alleged abuse occurred during school hours, and in at least one case continued for more than a year.

Thomas Arthur Beltran, a Los Angeles resident who has taught in Santa Monica for about 30 years, was taken into custody Saturday and jailed in lieu of $1.1 million in bail, police said. He has yet to be charged by the district attorney’s office.

The investigation took shape rapidly, said Santa Monica Police Lt. Dan Salerno. Parents said a 12-year-old student of Beltran brought her to police headquarters on Friday, where she told officers she had been molested, Salerno said.

Police then interviewed Beltran’s other students and identified three other alleged victims, Salerno said.

“We believe there are more victims,” he added. “And we are asking anyone who is a victim to come forward.”

Beltran has been married 35 years, according to public records. A call to his home today was answered by a woman who identified herself as the sister of Beltran’s wife and had no comment, other than to say that the family was hiring an attorney for him.

Beltran teaches English as a second language to seventh graders, and has worked at Lincoln for two decades, police said.

A Lincoln parent who asked that her name not be disclosed said Beltran had “a stellar reputation. He was known to have a really good character — well respected, a nice guy.”

She said he recently lost an adult daughter to cancer. “All the teachers rallied and supported him after this tragedy happened,” the parent said of the daughter’s death.