Some more falsehoods for you to put in your pipe and smoke.
Catholic Church sex abuse scandals around the world
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8576268.stm
The first is the longstanding issue of clerical abuse, which first came to public notice in the is country in 2002. Every Catholic on this forum condemns this unreservedly and loathes the ground these men walk on.
The second issue is the recent question (last 2 weeks) of the involvement of Pope Benedict XVI.
You persistently and deliberately attempt to construe all attempts to reveal the truth about the second issue as support for the perps mentioned in the first issue. IOW, you attempt to portray support for the Pope as support for child abusers.
This is not only illogical, it is also fundamentally dishonest, disgraceful and your self-righteous protestations to the contrary, marks you out as a time-waster and troll of the first-order.
You are doing absolutely no harm to the Church with your rants. However, you have done great harm to your own credibility. Exhibit "A" in this regard is your complete absence from threads which discuss the issue and present evidence in a balanced manner whereas you are all over any thread which purport to report any negative news about the Church.
Very poor form.
I don't have the data for Europe but can we see a .........um.........trend in that graph of the US stats?
What would you say that graph shows?
You're right!
It clearly shows that the Church has done nothing and continues to sweep this issue under the carpet.