Maybe because my parish had 2 dangerous pedophiles, and my high school had 1.
I don’t trust this man, he covered up and hid abuses.
If you want to call him brilliant, holy and humble, go ahead, I have my opinion. I respect yours, you should respect mine.
The anti-Catholics on Freep will lead me to leave. You are acting just as badly as the atheist “Government is God” type.
My mother was Episcopalian. Our Associate Priest was known to be a pedophile and he was in charge of Sunday School. This was in 1960s San Francisco Bay Area. EVERYONE in the Parish knew it and was having sex with a couple of the boys. [Fortunately, not me]. Now, our Church was the only one?
The reality is that pedophilia exists in all religions, day care centers, our schools, etc. But why do only crucify Catholics for it?
Yes, pedophilia is horrific. But it occurs everywhere. Try traveling abroad where it is rampant and you find Americas going offshore to have sex with small boys. Where is the outrage about that?
I don’t care if you claim to be Catholic. Did you do anything about? Probably not. You are just another Catholic-hating bigot. You have plenty of company on Freep these days.
I know plenty of Catholic priests (I converted in college) and i have never known of a pedophile. So, circulate your stupid opinions.
You probably are one of the Romney haters too.
Liar. For shame.
What abuse did he ever cover up? Give specifics, not just the fact that he has been in the newspapers.
He didn’t cover up and he didn’t lie. You think he did? Prove it. Because the NYT article that proffered this was full of absolute mistakes, innuendos and outright lies.
Would you care to post some evidence to back up this claim, my FRiend?
“...I have my opinion. I respect yours, you should respect mine.”
Hard to respect you or your opinion when you tell lies about people, just like the liberal media.
I am certain you feel enraged by the local priests' reprehensible actions. But it is a leap to accuse this Pope without adequate proof. You must surely realize the loss to the world if every Catholic is held to a standard of absolute perfection by the world's atheists until the Church is extinguished, while the atheists do not hold themselves to any standards whatsoever.
A worldwide organization requires strong leadership at many levels below the Pope. The Archbishops should have taken care of this problem.