[SuziQ]

Bishops around the world make a huge mistake in protecting priest abusers, but most of the abuse took place BEFORE John Paul II became Pope, and it was a the result of lax attitudes about the Faith that became prevalent after Vatican II.

John Paul II was reluctant at first to act, because the accusations coming in were that priests were homosexuals. He remembered that accusation being used against people behind the Iron Curtain to discredit them, so he was getting that same vibe. Finally he did act, and sent out directives to keep homosexual men out of the priesthood. The American Bishops ignored it, until Benedict XVI came along, and put his foot down.

[Little Bill]

Suzi;

I am Protestant and I went to a Catholic Prep School, I hated it by the way, got a good education though.

This plague of pederasts went back before my time and I think that much of it was because the members of the Church were not critical of their leadership.

I remember the thing that shocked me most in my school was the servility of the kid to the religious, I had problems as you might expect.

I came from a place where everyone was not Catholic to a place where everyone was it was difficult.

[Servant of the Cross]

Great points SuziQ.

Funny thing, I thought this thread was about Government school history textbooks before being hi-jacked. The anti-Catholicism/Pope John Paul II twisting (no different than re-written Government history books?) demanded a response though. Thanks for adding to that.