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The church has adopted a zero-tolerance policy. But have these churches and public schools done likewise?

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I hate this topic. We Catholics must understand that the hierarchy gave the devil this enormous stick with which to beat the Church, he didn’t have to go looking it was served up on a silver platter.

Yes it’s becoming apparent that the various denominations and the public schools are “worse” and that the media doesn’t particularly care. But then why should they? The world doesn’t really care about pedophilia or ephebophila (or whatever it’s called) or homosexual activity, but they do (in some way) care about hypocrisy (and headlines). The way this scandal was and is being handled by the hierarchy just reeks, it stinks on ice. Nevermind the idea that “handling” the scandal is a problem of its own.

The Catholic Church has presented the world with a series of moral propositions concerning human sexuality and the hierarchy on the whole has demonstrated that not only are those propositions not being lived up to but they’re being selectively ignored.

From the sexually perverted priest who was/is shuffled around to the wealthy parishioner who gets a fast track annulment the world is constantly shown a Church which speaks from both sides of her mouth, God forgive us. How long will He put up with this nonsense?

Yes, we now have this bizarre corporate inspired zero tolerance safe child program which doesn’t actually address the issues but makes everyone feel like they’re doing something. Huzzah.

This scandal was created and sustained by at least two generations of bishops and very few have shown any interest in doing anything about it that didn’t require constant pressure and scorn from the press. It’s a damnable embarrassment.

As a Catholic who dearly loves the Church what I find even more appalling is my growing suspicion that the bishops of the Church on the whole don’t believe in a little Catholic thing called penance in any real sense of the word.

We must stop trying to defend the indefensible, it isn’t working and it isn’t right. We should be yelling louder than anyone.

We have the example of two men, close to Our Lord, who betrayed or abandoned him. One repented and became a great saint, the other didn’t and his very name still means traitor. The bishops of our time have a lesson to learn there.

Perhaps I should have distilled my earlier ramblings to: “The Church isn’t as depraved as the world” is not a defense worth mounting.

Are you not understanding why abuse of children by priests in the Catholic Church is far graver than any other place that it is done? Seriously, there is a reason.

The church has adopted a zero-tolerance policy.

No it has not. Furthermore, "everybody molests children" isn't an excuse.

From your own link.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/06/18/80877.htm

260 Protestant REPORTS of abuse vs 13,000 CREDIBLE Catholic reports of abuse.

FAIL