(Hope this isn't already posted, I rarely post, and didn't see it anywhere, but felt it was important and was encouraged by another Freeper to put it up). THANKS.
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I can’t verify this, it was a sound bite on the radio news. But I heard one of the plantifs in this case say “I love god, but I love myself more”. I about drove off the road.
As a Catholic myself, I get the idea that this guy is totally full of crap.
The fact he’s on committees in the US Catholic Bishops’ Council, the Marxist joint that’s selling regular American Catholics white guilt by the pound, doesn’t make me any more sympathetic.
I lived in Boston at the end of the Cardinal Law era. These cardinals had to know what was going on.
For those who do not know, despite this alleged man’s statement of sorry and contrition, he paid for lawyers who visited, in one example, the exwife and children of an accuser. The “investigators” asked the man’s exwife, in front of their children, about her exhusband’s allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of priests IN FRONT OF the children. Other such tactics by the lawyers and investigators of the archdiocese too did not seem to evince any real contrition.
Mahoney settled for $660 million against about 508 claimants, which is more than a million per claim.
The Boston mess had over 1000 claimants but a much lower total payout.
Why the difference?
Mahoney was afraid to testify at the trial that would have started yesterday, July 16. So he settled the weekend prior.
This is simply evil to point at anything or anyone else on his part.
Bishop Roger needs to retire to a monastery to repent of his sins. And the archdiocese can sell that huge white elephant cathedral of his downtown - the Taj Mahony - to cover the tab for all the abuse cases.
Enough already with this guy.
Another easy scapgoat.
Pre Vatican II? Yeah, meaning EVERY Bishop, Cardinal and Pope to this day. So it’s still a problem then.
The problem was that established hierarchy in the church wanted to only hush people up. When the victims families started to make a big stink, the Church just threw a couple million bucks at them to shut them up. The church promised the families that the offending priest would no long have contact with children. Of course the church lied and shipped the priest to another unsuspecting parish and allowed the priest to continue his diddling delights unabated.
Any cardinal who was a Bishop in the 70s, 80s, or 90s has knowingly allowed this to travesty to happen by aiding in the coverup. When Cardinal Roger Mahony’s speaks about the history of this subject, only lies come out.
For the life of me, I can't imagine why anyone with an IQ over 38 would listen to a word this moron says.
From your original site I found one reply that I agree with:
“the overwhelming issue is homosexuals in the priesthood, not pedophilia!
Kenneth M. Fisher, Founder & Chairman, Concerned Roman Catholics of America,Inc”
Cardinal Mahony the Phony gave away his true colors long before this when he had a three-year-old temper tantrum connected with Mother Angelica.
God love her and may EWTN be allowed to televise the TLM.
Where the molesters came from is irrelevant. What is disgusting is that the hierarchy knew about the abuse and for years did nothing, covered up, lied and intimidated victims.
Ma-HO-ney is a creep.
FYI, this posted later on the blog (Mahony tries to weasel out of his words and intimidate the reporter, who thankfully is more committed to the truth):
This from the Archdiocese ...
(Posted by Chris Weinkopf)
Tod Tamberg of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has called, upset that I posted my interview with the cardinal from earlier today. He says the interview was meant to be purely for background in writing the Daily News’ editorial.
Suffice it to say, my memory of our conversation is different. I asked Tamberg if the interview would be “on the record,” and he said yes. Everyone in the biz — and Tamberg is an experienced PR guy — knows that means the comments are fair game. And if can quote from the interview, I see no reason why I can’t just quote the whole darn thing.
Still, I regret the misunderstanding, and my apologies to His Eminence if he was misinformed. Pax Christi.
If there were no “gay” priests there would be very few child molesting problems in the church. They Boy Scouts did it right.
When I went to High School in Michigan in the early 1990s there was a flamboyantly gay teacher at the school: Think Paul Lind. I was absolutely shocked to discover a couple of years ago that he is now a Catholic priest.
Unfortunately, [his word], the depth of the problem is himself. Somewhere under all of this are the psychologists who took money claiming they successfully treated those placed in their care and pronounced them fit to return to normal duties.
With regard to the payment of the $660 million, where will the money come from?
Will every diocese be secretly assesed to make contributions to this law suit?
How much money will be taken from Catholic Charities?
This guy needs to be hosed, now.
Typical phony Mahony baloney.
PING! I direct you to this thread, sir.