A Little Perspective, Please
I don’t know how closely you’ve been following the developments in the pedophilia scandal surrounding the Catholic Church lately. He’s facing charges that he not only ignored the problem, but also personally intervened to stop the canonical trial of a Wisconsin priest accused of molesting 200 deaf boys.
Obviously the pope is under a lot of pressure but this kind of response won’t help him:
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan was greeted with applause after finishing Palm Sunday Mass by defending Pope Benedict XVI against suggestions he aided coverups of reports of child abuse.
The standing-room-only crowd at St. Patrick’s Cathedral applauded for 20 seconds after Dolan read a statement calling the pope the “leader in purification, reform and renewal that the church so very much needs.”
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The leader of the nation’s second-largest diocese urged his congregation to pray for the pope, saying he was suffering some of the same unjust accusations once faced by Jesus.
I guess I’ll let John Cole at Balloon Juice sum up my reaction:
Can someone show me in the bible where Jesus was unjustly accused of covering up systematic pedophilia?
Tags: Catholic Church, Pope Benedict
The heirarchy of the church just doesn’t GET IT! We,the people,are the church.And WE are at our wits end at the constant excuses and continuing cover-ups.We must immediatly PURGE the church of any pedophilic clergy and do so publicly.We should take the “radical” reforms necessary to prevent the occurance of such scandals in the future.I.E.-Allow priests to marry,women priests,sharing info with police when accusations are made.I could go on. I love my church.They have handled this situation abysmally.
I’m not sure anything will happen, though. The article said that people clapped when Archbishop Dolan said the pope is being persecuted like Jesus.
I understand that Dr. Bradley has found religion in jail and now wants to become a Catholic Priest.
Wouldn’t it be great if this Sunday all the catholics decided to get their communion from everyone but the priest?
Fuck you anonone!