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To: Dr. Eckleburg
When you can find a letter from Protestant clergy urging secrecy and expulsion/excommunication for anyone who speaks about sexual abuse with anyone outside of church authorities, as Ratzinger sent to every Roman Catholic bishop, you let me know.

Well, since Pope Benedict XVI never authored such a letter, I do not see your point. Oh wait, you're just making stuff up again to try to smear the Catholic Church. Next time, use one that hasn't been debunked on this forum so many times.

I understand that you keep trying to change the subject from the fact that there are upwards of 260 sexual abuse of minor claims against protestant churches per year, and that this represents just the "tip of the iceberg." But a fact is a fact.

321 posted on 03/01/2010 8:06:28 PM PST by theanonymouslurker
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To: theanonymouslurker
Well, since Pope Benedict XVI never authored such a letter

Looks like we Protestants know more about your pope that some Roman Catholics do.

In 2001, in his role as chief Inquisitor, Ratzinger authored the letter “Crimen Sollicitationis” which restated the requirement for secrecy regarding any accusations of sexual abuse made against any priest. He re-affirmed that anyone taking complaints outside the church (say, to local police authorities or parents) would be excommunicated.

The letter, sent to every bishop, was rightly viewed as a cover-up.

Ratzinger was then accused in a lawsuit of conspiring to cover up the sexual molestation of three boys by Roman Catholic clergy in Texas, but he quickly asked President Bush for diplomatic immunity against prosecution which was granted.

Same old, same old. Parents, you cannot say you haven't been warned.

327 posted on 03/01/2010 11:49:22 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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