"In Defense of the Catholic Clergy (Or Do We Want Another Reign of Terror?)"

Sometimes clergy deserve criticism or even prison, but Edmund Burke noted that when they become a persecuted class, it is a sign that those who want to destroy traditional morality are trying to create a moral vacuum. Elizabeth Lev notes that rabid anti-clericalism is often a precursor to a reign of terror.

I must agree. Look at France in the 1790s, Mexico in the 1920s, and Spain in the 1930s.

Best of all, she quotes Edmund Burke extensively.