Thanks for the ping....
Same old denials creeping across this thread that we’ve seen in others. ‘Staggering” is right. I don’t know why catholics continually post about the History of their church in order to justify themselves and Rome...and yet deny the accurate history, and well documented, of it’s very dark side.....which continues to hold the leadership unaccountable.
There is a vast difference between non-catholics and catholics in dealing with corruption in their churches. If a Protestant church ceases to deal with corruption...and it’s hold has fully ingrained the leadership....the congregation will fight them....if they do not overcome....people will leave....the church splits then...we see this happening today as some accept the homosexual agenda...who are fast corrupting many churches.
But the pedifile issue in the catholic church just pays off their victums and in many cases blame them as money grabbers. The guilty are indeed protected for the most part...and remain so today.
The church on a whole is being corrupted today...this we see clearly...but Christ said this would come as the day approaches. There is not one church who isn’t under attack.
The situations I’ve seen in Protestant churches in matters like adultery, dishonest business practices, etc, have resulted in either the pastor being removed from office or the member being removed from the church membership roles.
They were kicked out of the church, officially by the board.
There was church discipline practiced in these situations.
Catholics and the Catholic church are hardly in a position to cast any stones in the area of not dealing with sin in their midst.