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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: Pope Resigns, Search For New Pope Begins [View all]BlueManFan
(256 posts)1. Like A Rat On A Sinking Ship
Pope "Benny the Rat" Rattzinger sees the handwriting on the wall. The Vatican loses its ridiculous statehood, the archives open up, and we see Benny and his thugs have been protecting thousands and thousands of pedo priests, at the expense of tens of thousands of innocent victims. And before y'all flame me about criticizing "the church", I know an organization as big as the RCC is going to have some bad apples. The sin is the shameful cover-up and horrible toll on the victims. Church leaders knew these priests were sexually abusing kids and they obstructed any investigation. If you and/or I know a kid is being abused and do nothing, we commit a crime. So does "the church."
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Pope Rattzi the Nazi was JP2's hand-picked man to "deal with" the 3P scandals....
Raster
Feb 2013
#4
I keep thinking at those standards, it'll be Tony Blair, who converted when he left office.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#43
If you can leave the church, you can leave the entire blame/punishment paradigm, too.
lindysalsagal
Feb 2013
#30
also known a Ratenzinger ( sp )/who looked the other way w all of the sexual abuses
april
Feb 2013
#24
Apparently, he's downsizing from his own golden city to a room in a monastery out back.
lindysalsagal
Feb 2013
#32
The priest Colbert interviewed said he was going to a nunnery. Can it get weirder?
mountain grammy
Feb 2013
#41
Holy Smoke (in the immortal words of my deceased padre)... EarlG, that is brutal !!!
WheelWalker
Feb 2013
#39
I guess someone is abstaining from covering up for pedophile priests for Lent this year. n/t
Bolo Boffin
Feb 2013
#40
I think he found that refilling his Viagra prescription was getting really awkward... n/t
backscatter712
Feb 2013
#42