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Just once I'd like to see a Roman Catholic criticize the pedophilia scandal in the Roman Catholic priesthood without pointing fingers at everyone else, too.

"But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.
And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”" -- Acts 5:1-4

Just once I'd like to see a Roman Catholic criticize the pedophilia scandal in the Roman Catholic priesthood without pointing fingers at everyone else, too.

Wish granted: "Every abuser and every person who aided or abetted the abusers should be punished and prayed for."

Now you can move on to your next straw dog.

Just once I'd like to see a Roman Catholic criticize the pedophilia scandal in the Roman Catholic priesthood without pointing fingers at everyone else, too.

You know they say the best defense is a good offense . But to do that you need solid material..

The fact is that sexual child abuse is far more prevalent among Catholic priests than any other group.. but that is not even the real issue.. the problem is always the coverup.. instead of outing the sin immediately and seeing to the prosecution of the offender, they hid them, covered for them and moved them around giving the perverts reason to believe their sin was "safe" in the church .

That practice is not only abominable but it opened the door for them to continue their sin in a different location..

The cover up would fall under RICO if the church could be held criminally responsible

Just once I'd like to see a Roman Catholic criticize the pedophilia scandal in the Roman Catholic priesthood without pointing fingers at everyone else, too.

You have seen it multiple times. The media has gone all out to ensure a laser beam is focused on the Catholic Church. What's missing? Another laser beam or two or three or one hundred, pointing to the society at large. The Catholic Church merits its status by virtue of a central figure. The same cannot be said of the non-Catholic Churches.

Just once I'd like to see a Roman Catholic criticize the pedophilia scandal in the Roman Catholic priesthood without pointing fingers at everyone else, too.

Amen, and I would also like to see some consistent admission that by their own claims Catholic priests are endowed with supernatural powers, as opposed to the clergy of other faiths, or the public at large, and THEREFORE priests should be guilty of this FAR LESS than everyone else. Yet the numbers are the opposite.

My pastor does not claim he is an alter Christus, he does not claim the ability to absolve people of sins, and he does not claim the ability to summon the Holy Spirit to go where he commands at Baptism. Catholic clergy hold themselves out as being superior to the clergy of other faiths. Only they have the direct pipeline to God through their Pope. If ANYONE should receive special protection from this great evil one would think it would be these holy men set above by God.

And yet we see nothing of the kind. We see systemic rampant abuse which is then covered up by superiors. One reason I am certain that I will never convert to Catholicism is that even if it is a legitimate Christian faith for what it stands for on paper, it seems that so few of its leaders are actually practicing that faith.