To: TSgt; RnMomof7; Alex Murphy; HarleyD; wmfights; Forest Keeper; the_conscience; Dutchboy88; ...
They just don't seem to get it, do they?
To give the charter teeth, the bishops arranged for the Vatican to give its rules the force of canon law.
But, it contains no penalty for bishops who failed to remove abusers or to follow the charter.
Under canon law, only the pope can discipline a bishop.
"We don't have any ability or authority to sanction anyone," said Bishop Blase Cupich, chairman of the Bishops' Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People...
What a surprise.../not.
2 posted on
06/16/2011 5:45:39 PM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Why do we need these rules? We have recently been assured by several FRoman Catholics that priests raping children is is all ancient history.
3 posted on
06/16/2011 5:47:41 PM PDT by
Gamecock
(It's not eat drink and be merry because tommow we die, but rather because yesterday we were dead.)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
What about all the protestant ministers who sexually abuse children? Why don’t you ever post articles about them?
4 posted on
06/16/2011 5:55:35 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
8 posted on
06/16/2011 6:18:28 PM PDT by
Quix
(Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
That’s because that authority lies with the Vatican. It does not mean they can not be removed just that there is a method for the removal that must be followed.
17 posted on
06/16/2011 8:05:51 PM PDT by
lastchance
("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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