The alleged victims are Catholic
The alleged perpetrators are Catholic
The alleged cover-ups were allegedly done by Catholics
The alleged culture was Catholic
The alleged decisions to move the priests around was Catholic
The payouts (they’re not alleged) have been Catholic.
What is it- twenty some dioceses in bankruptcy over this? A billion plus dollars or some such figure. And that’s just in the US?
Oh, and the blind defense is by.....wait for it.... Catholics!
Those dastardly clever Protestants.
Nifonging?
Really?
More like Marion Berrying- “The B**** set me up. The B**** set me up.”
In any organization the size of the Catholic church, there are going to be rogue people. And in any larger society there are going to be others with an axe to grind.
I don’t doubt that many who are attacking Catholicism are doing so with malice aforethought.
The thing that concerns me is the number of Catholics who take the “Move along, nothing to see here”, attitude.
Having ears they would not hear, having eyes they would not see.
Protestants left the Catholic church for selling indulgences to its rank and file. Today, the rank and file give indulgences back to Her, in the form of denial and blind defense.
You said, “And how many anti-Catholic bigots here walk hand in glove with those Obama-worshipping toadies?”
I’m sure I’m identified as one of the anti-Catholic bigots. It’s not true, but that shouldn’t matter. I assure you I don’t walk hand in glove with Obama worshiping toadies, but I have been walking foot in BS from people who continue to defend the indefensible here on Free Republic.
Oh, and as I’ve said many times- I’m not one of those who believe priestly celibacy is the problem here- it’s priestly UNcelibacy that the church needs to be concerned with.
Will Wallace
And most of them are broke, druggie homosexuals who are looking for bucks, and who know which priests are vulnerable.
The alleged perpetrators are Catholic
Yes, part of the lavendar mafia, or gay men looking for a respectable sinecure where their lack of female companionship will enable them to hide their prediliction.
The alleged cover-ups were allegedly done by Catholics
The parents of the so-called "victims" who couldn't accept that their sons were homosexual, and who needed someone to blame for their sons' perversion besides themselves or "Uncle Bill"?
The alleged culture was Catholic
Yes, and people weren't stupid. They knew it was the gay subculture, and it made them sick, so they hushed it up.
The alleged decisions to move the priests around was Catholic
The medical authorities said the ephebephiles were cured.
Do you know how much money Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have blackmailed businesses to get? Do you really think that because a person is guilty of something, they have to do more than pay the civil penalty? Payouts were a big mistake. The bastards who genuinely hurt actual children should have gone to jail. The Church should never have paid a dime.
And if you think this is a blind defense, then you are as ignorant as I think you are.
The alleged perpetrators are Catholic
The alleged cover-ups were allegedly done by Catholics
The alleged culture was Catholic
The alleged decisions to move the priests around was Catholic
The payouts (they’re not alleged) have been Catholic.
What is it- twenty some dioceses in bankruptcy over this? A billion plus dollars or some such figure. And that’s just in the US?
Oh, and the blind defense is by.....wait for it.... Catholics!
Those dastardly clever Protestants.
lol. AMEN!
Excellent post - although the U.S. payout is over 2 billion dollars...so far.