Any fair-minded person, Christian or otherwise, knows this is not unique to the Catholic church, nor to all of it’s clergy.
And we will be here to monitor and put things in perspective.
Freep should be the last place that Catholic bashing goes on.
“Too bad so many who profess to be Christian have already made up their minds to the guilt of the Catholic Church and all of its clergy. They will be showing up on this thread any moment with the same old lies and falsehoods.”
Why would they? Why should they? You’ve already answered them before they’ve spoken.
I think an argument can be made the celibacy in the Catholic church is a factor here, as I think a case can be made for quite the opposite. I think I myself could argue the Catholic church should be responding with far more vigor that it is, just as I’m sure you or others could argue they’re doing all they can.
But if your ears are already stopped then we’ll never have the discussion and we’ll never know.
Prophetic! See the post immediately below yours.