When the lay people of the Catholic Church realise how infiltrated and corrupted some diocese are by the stench of these sodomites it will be a watershed moment for the Church.
For nearly 40 years the church turned its back on the word of God and knowingly allowed homosexuals into the heirarchy... some districts they now have full control, and trade sexual favors for promotions and assignments and anyone who stands up against them are pushed aside.
I know Pope Benedict will want to end this, but I am not sure that those beneath him will follow through with what is needed to purge this stench from the church. I suspect too many wish to turn a blind eye and hope it goes away.
NY Archdiocese tells suspect priests: leave or enter programHere's praying that we are turning the corner at last.NEW YORK (AP) -- New York priests suspected of sexually abusing children but protected from expulsion by Catholic law are being required to enter a lifelong supervision program or leave the church, according to the New York Archdiocese.
Since June, seven priests have been presented with the choice, and five of the men have chosen to leave the priesthood, said archdiocese spokesman Joseph Zwilling.
The other two are expected to spend their lives in closely supervised housing, where they will undergo therapy and maintain a daily log of their movements. Men in this Shepherd Program will not be permitted to celebrate Mass in public, dress as priests, be alone with children or "inappropriately use computers," according to a letter sent to the priests by Cardinal Edward Egan.
Before the new program, Zwilling said, suspected abusers had been barred from functioning as priests but had been allowed great freedom, required only to notify the archdiocese where they were living.
"We, through our own process, have come to the conclusion that we believe that these men cannot be returned to ministry, and therefore we have to find something to do with them," Zwilling said.
Victims advocates said the new policy could help protect the church from liability, but worried that the priests who decide to leave could again become abusers.
"Unleashing them on society is not the responsible thing to do," said the Rev. John P. Bambrick, a priest in the Trenton Diocese who says he was abused as a youth by a priest and who is now an advocate for victims.
The church says it refers any allegations that could result in a prosecution to law enforcement officials, but in many old cases, the statute of limitations has run out.
The tight supervision, called the Shepherd Program, targets priests who have been referred by an archdiocesan advisory board, as well as those who have been convicted in a canonical trial but determined to be too old or sick to endure being defrocked.
It is unclear how common such programs are. Officials at the Chicago Archdiocese said that nine priests accused of sex abuse live in a retreat house on the grounds of a seminary and are carefully monitored.
"There are several other dioceses that have similar programs, but unfortunately, none of them are willing to talk about it," said William Ryan, a spokesman for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.