Posted on 02/11/2013 5:49:36 PM PST by Jyotishi
A Melbourne priest claims the extra strain placed on Pope Benedict from dealing with widespread sexual abuse within the Catholic Church may have been a factor in his resignation.
Father Max Vodola said the elderly Pope's shock exit from the role may be because he is too physically and emotionally weak to deal with the decades-old problem.
It comes as Archbishop Denis Hart leads Victorian tributes to the Pope, who he describes as gentle and loving.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Considering how many freepers think it's cool("Not guilty"), if applied to the general population, I'd say "nobody much."
They don’t resign, they go to prison unlike Catholic clergy who flee to the conclave of pedophiles in Rome.Except, "they" do not.
‘Passing the trash’
Too often, problem teachers are allowed to leave quietly. That can mean future abuse for another student and another school district.It’s a dynamic so common it has its own nicknames—“passing the trash” or the “mobile molester.”
They don’t resign, they go to prison unlike Catholic clergy who flee to the conclave of pedophiles in Rome.Except, "they" do not.
‘Passing the trash’
Too often, problem teachers are allowed to leave quietly. That can mean future abuse for another student and another school district.It’s a dynamic so common it has its own nicknames—“passing the trash” or the “mobile molester.”
Seems this pope wants to disappear...
I may not be a Catholic, but I recognize unsubstantiated rubbish when I read it. Who knows why he resigned? And at this late date, what difference does it make?
“TSgt wrote: “You know, the guy Ratzinger ignored...”
You mean the guy who correctly asserted a statute of limitations defense? Or are you saying that such defenses should not apply? Or is it that your rabid anti-catholicism cannot allow for such an objective issue?
What an outright lie. Obviously you have not read the document. The secrecy called for was only about the testimony given during the internal church investigation. If the priest were found guilty they were subject to the harshest penalties of the church, including excommunication. Such penalties would by their nature be public. This is the exact same standard used for the testimony given to a criminal grand jury. Outside this testimony anyone would be free to go to the civil authorities and report the crime independently. The attempt to characterize this in any other way is the most base calumny.
“Has the Catholic church even solved this problem?”
Solved? No one can “solve” the problem of evil, and wherever children are found, those who want to act with evil intent against them will find a way.
“I seem to still be reading about incidents of priests abusing little boys.”
And teachers, and scout leaders and politicians and media personalities, and boyfriends and.....
“Are they still welcoming gay priests so long as they claim not to act on their homosexuality?”
No, they forbid such ordinations.
“Does the church not understand that its clergy have a special responsibility to be upstanding and moral.”
Yep. That said, like any organization, they do their best, and sometimes find that the “bad apple” gets in, or the “good apple” goes bad.
“Having priests that are gay is a pretty terrible idea and it is difficult to understand how the church, from the Pope on down, can’t seem to figure this out.”
They have. And the Catholic Church has taken many positive steps to address both the issue of ordaining queers and protecting our kids from abuse. More than, say the government schools. Study the issue and you will find no organization has done more than the Church in this area.
Johnny can you play more than one note on your guitar?
What took you so long to reply with the classic, “Don’t blame us, everyone rapes children” defense?
You are a liar.
There are entire websites devoted to bad clergy who mostly all are charged and serve some time.
It is the public schools that has the market cornered on shunting pedophiles and the last time I checked public schools were not proclaiming to be the one universal church - but they do demand universal taxation as they protect pedophiles.
Unlike you - I posted evidence. Your precious teachers get passed around just like their victims. And honest folks who study the issue know that clergy sex abuse is similar in almost all denominations. Your bigotry is on full display here. Be proudman, you are demonstrating right wing bigotry for all to see, in full living color.
Unlike you - I posted evidence. Your precious teachers get passed around just like their victims. And honest folks who study the issue know that clergy sex abuse is similar in almost all denominations. Your bigotry is on full display here. Be proud man, you are demonstrating right wing bigotry for all to see, in full living color.
Resigning like this is unprecedented. Popes have been imprisoned and murdered and don’t abandon their flock.
Well, at least we know which side you are on.
I bet you are also the president of the Jerry Sandusy fan club.
It was the evil children who seduced the priests! Poor guys!
Outrage at friar’s claims that it is often the teenage boys who seduce priests in religious sex abuse cases... and he calls Sandusky ‘a poor guy’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195670/Outrage-friars-claims-teenage-boys-seduce-priests-religious-sex-abuse-cases.html
Balderdash!
Actually the refuting of facts and resorting to childish name calling is a liberal trait that you just illustrated.
Let me know when you can form an intellectual argument.
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