then.....”Everybody was doing it”
next.....”You're no better”
finally....”Who are you to judge?”
capped off with....”You're a bigot and a Catholic basher
It's predictable as the sunrise.
Blatant, pre-meditated sin of the worst kind and it's a non-issue for Catholics.
No wonder the Catholic church hasn't cleaned up its mess in the last thousand years or so.
And of course, the corrupt Catholic clergy gets a pass while Protestants feet are held to the fire.
Does anyone expect perfection? No.
But better than this? Absolutely.
There are non-religious people and others of other religions that lead moral lives that put the Catholic church hierarchy to shame.
??? "non-issue" ???
Really?
Every Catholic church historian I know of thinks that Alexander VI was a scumbag, and that his scandalous & reprehensible behavior was one of the waystations on the path to the reformation.
That's not a "non-issue," sorry, and you lose credibility by saying stuff like that.
VERY WELL PUT.
EXCELLENT POINTS.
THX.
Given that the tolerance and protection of the abusive priests was nation wide and typical of the majority of the bishops one can only suppose the bishops acted upon established and understandably unwritten Church policy.