Mexican cardinal says abuse victims should think about skeletons in their own closets

Crux ^ | 8-21-18 | Inés San Martín

[amihow]

Catholics follow Jesus and appreciate His gift of himself in the Eucharist.

[ravenwolf]

Just when I think it’s not possible to be more disgusted with the hierarchy in my church...

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Many people in the so called Christian church of today are no different than the religious leaders in Jesus`s day, they are simply preaching something they do not really believe.

They have a position, security, a title, many of them has much more like a penthouse and a large bank account.

These people should not even darken the doorway of a church of real believers if there is one.

Jesus said sell what you have and give to the poor and follow me, he was not speaking to any believer he was speaking to those who wanted to follow him (to preach the kingdom )

Some would have it to mean any one but we all know that many of us can only preach the gospel by the way we live.

Very few people are even fit to preach the gospel, and those are not the ones who writes the books and gets the fame.

[ravenwolf]

Every criminal act should be prosecuted. The church or school are not law enforcement organizations.

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The believers are said not to be of this world so therefore we should not try to turn the churchmen into policemen, just get the scum out of the churches and the problem as far as the church is concerned would be solved.

With out the protection of the church these scum would be caught and maybe killed.

[jurroppi1]

Probably the best most concise explanation I’ve ever been given on the subject.

[ViLaLuz]

That’s exactly the same reaction my family got when I was molested by a priest and my father reported it to the diocese. They somehow wanted to shift the blame to me after saying it was my word against his. Then I was ostracized in my parish because no one would believe a priest could be a molester.