Posted on 04/11/2010 10:26:25 PM PDT by Eyes Unclouded
Edited on 04/12/2010 6:17:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
A few years ago, I predicted (on this forum) that the whole “scandal” would devolve into nothing more than shysters and false accusers trying to make a quick buck from the Church’s perceived “deep pockets”.
What we have is a corrupt court system and an intentionally miseducated citizenry. A major agenda objective of the left is the destruction of any moral authority greater than the state. This includes the family and the Church and is evidenced by policy and initiative to undermine both.
This is not a new phenomenon. The Church was similarly attacked by the Nazi's in the 1930's with a campaign of so-called immorality trials whose purpose was to establish and reinforce a mental link between the Church and perversion in the public's mind. Then as now the left had a host of useful idiots that included atheists, hedonists, and rabid anti-Catholic Protestants.
To keep this in the public's eye it is necessary to maintain a steady drum beat of cases, accusations and rumors on the front pages and the broadcast leads. I suppose the only silver lining here is the message that the Church must have contained the problem or they would not have to reach back into the fading past to find new gist for their hate mill.
Yes and some people really enjoy being victims. I mean REALLY LOVE IT. I did not say that we should not prosecute these perverts. I just think that 40 years to come forward is a bit long as it is. When you become an adult you have a responsibility to come forward.
Deja vu.
Interesting to note that the Cailfornia legislature retroactively changed the statute of limitations in 2003 (specifically aimed at the Catholic Church) to extend the time limit to file a lawsuit for alleged sexual abuse occurring well over 40 years ago-—which, of course, lead to multi-million dollar settlements and enormous attorneys fees..
Why was the Church singled out?
Meanwhile the California Supreme Court ruled (Shirk v Visla Unified School District (2007) [no joke] that the statute of limitations for sexual abuse involving employees in state schools is NOT extended-—Victims must file their claims within 6 months of the wrongful event or be forever barred from filing an action.
This had the disparate treatment of allowing, in many cases, stale claims with old evidence and witnesses with failed memories as evidence of abuse against the Church, while the government is virtually immune from liabilty for even recent abuses.
It appears that the State of Connecticut has the Church in its cross-hairs.....watch for gay marriage mandamus injunctions, discrimination lawsuits by the Attorney General —and lawsuits by unscrupulous lawyers for “sexual preference” discrimination-—a veritable goldmine.
And there are many on this board that will clap and cheer every step of the way....
Fortuntely for us we have Christ’s promise that He will not abondan us, and that the gates of hell will not prevail against His Church.
Pax Christi
The purpose of a statute of limitations: to ensure the right to a fair trial. Trial lawyers and jurists know that the more time goes by, the more witnesses forget, evidence deteriorates or disappears, and victims or purported victims lose the ability to distinguish memories, fears, and fantasies.
Some of the worst miscarriages of justice in this country --- the Day Care abuse hysteria of the 1980's (Link) --- came about because of reliance on "repressed memories" which supposedly "emerged" later to produce lurid testimony which was absolutely false.
Do look up that Link.
Second, the bill does not include extending the statute of limitations when the perpetrator was a public employee, e.g. a public school teacher. It does not even allow prosecution AT ALL, AT ANY TIME, in such cases. And the author of the bill has refused to allow the bill to be amended to include prosecution of public school teachers. (Another Link)
Put on your thinking caps, folks. What does that tell you?
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