not a single Catholic on this forum is going to dispute the fact of the abuse or the cover-up. not a single Catholic on this forum worships the Catholic CHURCH, we follow the Catholic FAITH. so rail on about the Church, the abuse, the coverup, you get no arguments there. does that somehow free you up to bash the Catholic faith of your fellow freepers? i don’t think so. Guess God will be the judge of whether that is godly behavior or not.
Well, that’s a refreshing change, because I’ve seen some priest abuse apologetists, claiming the scandal has been way overblown.
Yes, as you say, we shall let Christ be the judge.
Every Church and faith is an institution of man and, is therefore, by definition, imperfect. I, like the Pope, am deeply embarrassed, disgusted, and saddened by the abuse. I even recognize the hypocrisy of a cover-up of sins by those who profess and hear public confessions of others. I choose to look to the greater good. The bottom line is that the world and the US are better places because of the Catholic Church than they would be without it.
Even though one case of abuse is too many it was not rampant. I organized, trained, and scheduled the altar servers at my parish for over ten years and in doing so dealt with many other parishes in my diocese and never once encountered or suspected abuse. It is unfair and intellectually dishonest to single out the Church as the only institute that that has problems with its human elements.