Reply #109: Well When You Look At The Record

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It's pretty accurate, the priests who molested children for the most part were never punished by the church, that is until things came out in public.

And it does seem strange that the church hierarchy is blasting away at Catholics like John Kerry, but don't want to shine the same public light on how they assisted child molesters.

Unless you know of a Bishop or Archbishop who came out in public and announced that the church did assist in trying to cover up the crimes committed by priests. If you do please provide a link, I would like to read it.

But part of the blame has to be placed on some of the families as well, imagine little Tommy comes home from services and tells Mom and Dad, who are very devout and loyal catholics that Father Jones touched him.

Do Mom and Dad immediately call the police, do they call the diocese,
no they tell Tommy he shouldn't lie about things like that, and why do Mom and Dad tell Tommy that, because they are more loyal to the church then to their own child.

So I don't think it's that much of a generalization, it's not okay to support a womans ability to choose, but it's alright to help a child molester cover up the molesting. As for me I'll take the politician who supports a womans right to choose over people in positions of authority who assisted child molesters.

And just for a little added information, the church didn't come out against abortion until 1869, up until that time an abortion before the 16th or 17th week was acceptable. So the church's holy stand against abortion is only 135 years old, and it was instituted by a Pope who was trying to keep Papal control over the governments of Europe. In other words he wanted back the good old days when the Catholic church could tell Kings what to do, and they would do them out of fear. Guess what it didn't work.

If the church wishes to become involved in politics then they pay just like everyone else who plays the game. Personally I think that all of the priests, bishops, archbishops, and anyone else in the church who helped or aided the molesters, or were molesters themselves, should be immediately excommunicated from the church, they should be denied burial in holy ground, and their names stricken from any and all church documents.

By the way I'm a former Catholic.