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Pope pledges 'zero tolerance' for sexual abuse
Union of Catholic Asian News ^ | February 5, 2022 | AFP

Posted on 09/05/2022 2:50:26 PM PDT by ebb tide

Pope pledges 'zero tolerance' for sexual abuse

The Catholic Church must show "zero tolerance" to sexual assault by members of the clergy, Pope Francis said in excerpts of an interview with a Portuguese television channel broadcast Sunday.

"It's very clear. It's zero tolerance," he told TVI/CNN Portugal in an interview, extracts of which were published on the channel's website.

"A priest cannot continue being a priest if he is an aggressor. He cannot because he is either sick, or a criminal," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ucanews.com ...


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: apostatepope; homos; jorgethehypocrite; liar; sexualpredator
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So says Hypocrite Jorge who rehabilitated Cardinal "Uncle Teddy" McCarrick immediately after Jorge's becoming pope.

It wasn't until Archbishop Vigano blew the whistle, that McCarrick was laicized.

To this day, Bergoglio has advanced and protected another known homosexual, Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta.

1 posted on 09/05/2022 2:50:26 PM PDT by ebb tide
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2 posted on 09/05/2022 2:51:36 PM PDT by ebb tide (Where are the good fruits of the Second Vatican Council? Anyone?)
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To: ebb tide

“Read my lips.”


3 posted on 09/05/2022 2:53:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: ebb tide

Antipope Bergolio is a damned lying apostate who can FOAD.


4 posted on 09/05/2022 2:53:10 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: ebb tide

Butt, butt, butt what about “See Uh Oh 2”? Come on popee.


5 posted on 09/05/2022 2:53:31 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ebb tide

The only way to do it is to clean up the Vatican and the seminaries...and that ain’t gonna happen under the Communist Pope’s watch.


6 posted on 09/05/2022 2:53:50 PM PDT by O6ret
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To: ebb tide

HA!


7 posted on 09/05/2022 2:55:01 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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"...he is either sick, or a criminal"

It's both, each and every time. But I have no faith anymore that Pope Frankie means what he says.
8 posted on 09/05/2022 2:55:34 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: ebb tide

So it only took the church 1,722 or so yrs to say knock it off?

Okay.


9 posted on 09/05/2022 3:04:09 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: ebb tide

What is he, 9 years into his papacy and he finally has decided to denounce abuse instead of defending and protecting it? Sorry Charlie, not buying it now.


10 posted on 09/05/2022 3:07:28 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. FBI is tending in that direction." - Harry Truman)
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To: ebb tide

Anymore he sounds like I’m listening to any politician or corporate executive.


11 posted on 09/05/2022 3:12:08 PM PDT by circlecity
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There was a guy who was friends with my roommate who went off to the Vatican to study to be a priest.

Then a year or so later I saw him in the university library and asked him what he was doing back in town.

He quit seminary.

Shocked, I asked why. He said the homosexuality was out of control.

“You didn’t get involved with that stuff, did you?” I asked.

He responded, “Well, if you hang around the barber shop long enough you’re going to get a haircut.”

This is a true story.


12 posted on 09/05/2022 3:17:18 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: ebb tide

ANTI-pope


13 posted on 09/05/2022 3:18:06 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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So it only took the church 1,722 or so yrs to say knock it off?

Nope. Look up St Peter Damian and learn something.

14 posted on 09/05/2022 3:18:15 PM PDT by ebb tide (Where are the good fruits of the Second Vatican Council? Anyone?)
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To: ebb tide

Depends of what you call “abuse”. Sort of like what the meaning of “is” is said a previous prominent politician.


15 posted on 09/05/2022 3:20:56 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Vote NOW!! to repeal the Second Law of Thermodynamics like your life depends on it.)
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IOW, we can’t cover it up like we used to and it’s killing us in legal fees and awards. Can’t tolerate that anymore.


16 posted on 09/05/2022 3:31:47 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: ebb tide

Sure, unless it’s a priest. Then they’ll cover it up.


17 posted on 09/05/2022 3:42:11 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

But he clarified sex with an altar boy is not sexual abuse. It’s a priests god-given right.


18 posted on 09/05/2022 3:49:56 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: ebb tide

Comrade Pope is such a jokester ... needs a late night comedy gig.


19 posted on 09/05/2022 4:04:24 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: Bullish

It’s only ok when he does it.


20 posted on 09/05/2022 4:04:33 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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