Correct. There is also something very wrong in Las Vegas, Newark, Dallas, Paris, Hong Kong, Cedar Rapids, in my house and in yours; it's called sin. Humans sin, it's a result of our fallen nature, it's also the reason for Easter. We are all at fault of "not Thy will but my will be done" to some extent and as I have been told by my separated brethren, all sin is the same; especially when the subject of venial and mortal sin comes up.
The father of lies, the murder form the start has his influence on us all to some extent be we priest, teacher, mother or anonymous internet poster hiding behind a screen name. No one, not one Catholic is defending the sinful acts of any religious who indeed committed acts of abuse against children. It's obvious that some priests, some Bishops and others in the hierarchy for reasons ranging form malevolent to ignorance perpetuated the problem for many years.
Whats truly sad, leaving the horrors of abuse aside for the moment, is the fact that these sins can drive a wedge so firmly between they who profess Christ. That the sins of some are seen as an opportunity to attach other Christians must make the evil one dance for what passes for joy. When we tear at each other he wins.
Christ said that no one could snatch one of his own form His hand and yet some of us allow our selves to plucked rather easily form his loving embrace in order to indulge our passions. Christ commanded us to keep his commandments, He specifically exhorted us to "love one another as I have loved you". When we keep His commandments, when we are in Christ, we are carrying Him to the people.
Ask you self, truly, am I bearing Christ in my inquiry into the Churches handling of some abuse cases or am I indulging in a passion that glorifies something other than Christ? Is this the best way to help the abused and, as we should, the sinful abuser? Are you praying that the sinner repents or are you praying it (the Church) all burns?
I pray for you, speciffically, and several others who habitually attack the Church because it seems to be an unhealthy, spiritually speaking, indulgence. When Paul told us that kindness to our enemy's was like heaping coals on their heads, he was not urging us to inflict pain but implying that our love and kindness would have a purifying effect like the live coal the seraphim used to purify Isaiah's lips.
Thank you.
It's really fascinating that some Roman Catholic apologists are more concerned about my motives than the motives of pedophile priests.
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck" -- 1 Timothy 1:17-19"Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.