But all in all I would feel better about justice being done if the people who scream allegations, bring massive amounts of crippling lawsuits and hold continuous press conferences, were either law enforcement officers or church members (with no axe to grind) and not dedicated anti-church, left-wing, "civil rights" attorneys who make their life's work bringing down the Pope and destroying the church.
The involvement of political activists in these stories proves to me that it has nothing to do with righting wrongs or protecting innocents. Its political and anti-religion.
” ... attorneys who make their life’s work bringing down the Pope and destroying the church.”
They’ve paid out what 2.5 bil so far in the US to victims? Seems to me they should of thought about that before all this crap was allowed to continue.
“Its political and anti-religion.”
Don’t the victims deserve justice?
One, as I said, even when an accuser recants that doesn't mean the accused is innocent when there are a number of other victims (without “”). And certainly not when the accused admits the abuse.
Two, If the bishops wanted to make a point of false accusations being made, where are the press conferences and publicity, where are the examples you say exist?
The fact is the cases being settled instead of going to court are those of credible accusations. When the diocese's lawyers in Boston challenged accusers in court the resulting publicity made the Catholic church look like bullies abusing the victims a second time.
The only good news for the Catholic church in this scandal is no news.
Three, By Benedict's own reckoning it is those inside the Catholic church who are responsible for the present problems, not those outside.
Four, Those who are bringing lawsuits ARE church members and in ever so many cases it was the refusal of the hierarchy to right the wrongs and protect the innocent that caused nonmembers involvement, lawyers and law enforcement.