Is this Catholic caucus?
In the early 1980’s a colleague of mine showed me a VHS tape of an elderly brother from some order in her homestate of MN who was railing against the takeover of the Church and its seminaries by homosexuals. I guess he was correct.
At this point, it’s difficult to have any sympathy for the Catholic Church USA. You have known about these sodomite, child-molesting bastards for 70 years and did nothing or covered up for them.
You should have been turning them over to the police INSTANTLY. You should have been seeking criminal prosecutions and sentences for the maximum allowed by law.
The Catholic organization has had pedophile priests for centuries. they just choose to do nothing about it for fear of losing their precious money.
These people have to be purged out of the various ministries of the Church and immediately turned over to civil authorities, no matter what the ramifications are. Let the chips fall where they may.
These are interesting times.
The American Catholic Church has been called “the church with no backbone” for decades.
Touchy-feely vatican two - expanded/empowered the other kind of ‘touching’
I am constantly amazed at the allegations levied against church officials.
They want the Middle Ages with evolution.
Luther has been proven correct on the celibacy doctrine of the RCC. Celibacy is an unnatural and harmful denial of the human body God created. The average brain is about 1400 cubic centimeters. Although all the data are not in, many neuroscientists believe that some 400 cubic centimeters are dedicated to sexual function in one way or another. The Augustinian/Cartesian mind/body divide so essential to much of Catholic doctrine is a mistake. We are our bodies.
Celibacy gained serious canonical favor in the RCC only after property law became more firmly established in Europe. The Church was determined to keep its vast properties under the control of Rome, and it wanted to avoid inheritance disputes among married priests with progeny.
As a consequence of clerical celibacy, the Church for centuries has made itself a safe harbor for men and women with sexual “issues.” We see the results in these horrific scandals.
Here we go again. Trying to minimize the sexual abuse of a minor by referring to it as pederasty. When you sexually assault an 11 year old, that is pedophilia, not pederasty. The catholic church just wants this to go away and then it's back to business as usual. God knows how young the youngest of McCarrick's victims was.
Again I don’t care and freepers are sick of this crap
No more hand wringing stories !
We want real news not this crapola
Post stories of people being fired or convicted
Otherwise go away
Everyone on the planet has known about pedo priests for centuries
It’s time for the laity to take a stand. We need to demand justice for the children. We should all boycott the Bishop’s Pastoral Service Appeal to make them listen.