[Cronos]

Ah, now you have misunderstood -- I never said to look past their crimes as in condone them -- if you had read my post 1220, I said while those folks were heinous and should be hounded out or worse do note the % (2-3% in the US) and compare it to non-Catholic pastors and to secular professions like school teachers, etc which had similar or higher %

The % of pastors, school teachers etc. who have been molesters are similar in % to priests and all of these should be prosecuted, without question.

Remember what I actually said

The job of the flock is to follow The Good shepherd, Christ, to focus on Him, not on the sub-shepherds who have not one level of the ability of The Shepherd. Yet, the sheep are not to huddle away and form their own flocks with their own leaders because those sheep without shepherds are prone to wolves (from J Smith to Ellen G White to the Taize movement etc).

The focus is to be always on The Shepherd, not on the sub-shepherds/pastors.

this is related to the pastoral functions and teachings of Christ. We are not like the Northern tribes who broke away. No, the tribe of Judah stayed irrespective of the bad kings because their focus was on God. Kings, High priests, priests may come and go, but God remains and one focuses on God, not on the frail tools.

If the priests were bad, they were punished, but the people remained faithful to their God and did not break away like the Northern Tribes

[caww]

The point you are trying to make is not relevant to why the church is not using the authority they claim to rid the church of these Priests...now.

Further, statistics are not revelant...it’s the fact the church is not acting with the authority God has given them to move strongly against these Priests and to protect children.

The laity needs to be united and standing against this in full view of the worlds audiance...there are few....the Priest...again few...they are all protecting the church and this on the very backs of children who are still in danger from these Priests.