Posted on 02/20/2019 10:58:14 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Two Catholic cardinals say 'homosexuality' is to blame for sexual abuse committed by priests - not the clerics themselves
Two Catholic cardinals claim homosexuality is to blame for the sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Church - not the clerics themselves.
American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke and German Cardinal Walter Brandmueller wrote in an open letter on Wednesday that the approach to the paedophilia crisis was wrong.
They argue that Pope Francis' criticism of clerical power did not address the 'primary fault' which was a corruption of the absolute law, including by 'the plague of the homosexual agenda.'
Pope Francis has previously analysed the problem as a structural and cultural one which he calls, 'clericalism.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This will not sit well with the alphabet community!!
The ‘sin’ is not to blame for the sinner......................
Well, they got it half right. There "clerics themselves" must certainly shoulder much of the blame too.
They are admitting the clerics were homosexuals and that won’t set well with the alphabet community!
Wonder if there will be back last from that statement?
Wait a minute??? Isn’t that like saying: “I have accepted a sin but I have not sinned, it’s only “the sin’s” fault???
This is from the Daily Mail ... an earlier thread quoted the Cardinals directly and fully.
DM is not being entirely honest, here.
Here below is the full text of the letter:
Open Letter to the Presidents of the Conferences of Bishops
Dear Brothers, Presidents of the Conferences of Bishops,
We turn to you with deep distress!
The Catholic world is adrift, and, with anguish, the question is asked: Where is the Church going?
Before the drift in process, it seems that the difficulty is reduced to that of the abuse of minors, a horrible crime, especially when it is perpetrated by a priest, which is, however, only part of a much greater crisis. The plague of the homosexual agenda has been spread within the Church, promoted by organized networks and protected by a climate of complicity and a conspiracy of silence. The roots of this phenomenon are clearly found in that atmosphere of materialism, of relativism and of hedonism, in which the existence of an absolute moral law, that is without exceptions, is openly called into question.
Sexual abuse is blamed on clericalism. But the first and primary fault of the clergy does not rest in the abuse of power but in having gone away from the truth of the Gospel. The even public denial, by words and by acts, of the divine and natural law, is at the root of the evil that corrupts certain circles in the Church.
In the face of this situation, Cardinals and Bishops are silent. Will you also be silent on the occasion of the meeting called in the Vatican for this coming February 21st?
We are among those who in 2016 presented to the Holy Father certain questions, dubia, which were dividing the Church in the wake of the conclusions of the Synod on the Family. Today, those dubia have not only not had any response but are part of a more general crisis of the Faith. Therefore, we encourage you to raise your voice to safeguard and proclaim the integrity of the doctrine of the Church.
We pray to the Holy Spirit, that He may assist the Church and bring light to the Pastors who guide her. A decisive act now is urgent and necessary. We trust in the Lord Who has promised: “Behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world” (Mt 28,20).
Walter Cardinal Brandmüller
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
A church that isn't getting backlash from the world isn't doing its job.
Then I will avoid that thread. If they don't want me there then I certainly don't want to be there.
But they are absolutely correct and it is about time some of the Catholic Churche’s officials bring it to light.
You're welcome.
Only in today’s world of upside down moral degeneracy is stating the obvious controversial. The vast majority of the molestations are done by vile homosexuals preying on young boys. The Cardinals would do well to note that the Catholic clergy and hierarchy are permeated with homosexuals who have a death grip on the Church. They, by doing what they do and will always do, have destroyed the moral credibility of the Catholic Church. Yet “Pope” Francis continues to protect them and promote them. A great terrible moral reckoning is inevitable.
good job.
The cardinals never said that.
The Catholic church and all their political intrigue have ruined FreeRepublic.
I don’t read Q Anon threads. You don’t have to read Catholic threads.
Thank you for posting.
That is quite different than suggested by the Mail.
You guys should get a room and leave the people who want to read secular news alone. Plus you bully people around on this forum.
Don’t click.
EOD.
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