This is not a new problem.
yet the response by so many attempt to portray the abuse as just a recent modern scandal.
I just find it strange that certain posters frame sexual abuse within the church as having no connection with the rcc. And instead, by the nature of her posts, attempts to portray the issue of church sexual abuse scandals as being limited to Protestant churches.
Perhaps now she will broaden her “diverse” accusations to include the rcc in her hit pieces.
No, it’s not and by the tone of the book, it had been going on for a while.
I’m thinking that over 1,000 years should have been enough time to learn how to deal with it appropriately, especially in light of how Scripture tells us to deal with sin in the church.
That fact that it hasn’t is what the big problem is and what the big scandal is. Abusers will find a way to abuse anywhere in any organization. Everyone knows this. The issue at hand is how it was dealt with, or essentially, mismanaged. That’s where the scandal comes in and where the Catholic church has left itself wide open to legitimate criticism.
And ANY organization which mishandles sexual abuse in its ranks is open to the same criticism and condemnation. There simply is no excuse for not addressing it appropriately.