[JohnnyZ]

JPII's ignorance of this crisis and pedophilic priests are THE problems that caused this crisis.

This is all JPII's fault . . . how? Bishops bitch and moan every time the Vatican even suggests they do anything about anything -- they bring up the "Pope is but first among equals" thing, we'll do what we want; which is basically true, but selectively applied. The Pope is not the boss of the bishops like the bishops are the bosses of their diocesan priests.

If JPII was the problem, how come the abuse thing was not worldwide? It was almost entirely in America, with a few in other countries. Put the blame where it belongs, on naive, misguided or gay-pandering bishops in America who weren't willing to stomp on the 1-2% of priests who committed those horrible crimes, and who then did everything they could to please the media with zero-tolerance policies, passing the buck, when the scandal hit rather than take responsibility and do the right thing.

[Blzbba]

" Put the blame where it belongs, on naive, misguided or gay-pandering bishops in America who weren't willing to stomp on the 1-2% of priests who committed those horrible crimes, and who then did everything they could to please the media with zero-tolerance policies, passing the buck, when the scandal hit rather than take responsibility and do the right thing. "


You're right, in that it's the bishops' fault first & foremost. I just feel that JPII should've done more to address the issue on his last visit to the Americas, rather than avoid any contact with victims. But you're correct that the American bishops are mainly to blame.