Der Iron Pope "ashamed" of the clergy sex scandal.

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AP:

"Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he was 'deeply ashamed' of the clergy sexual abuse scandal that stained the Catholic church and will work to make sure pedophiles don't become priests."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_eu/pope_us

For "pedophiles" read: gays.

"'I am deeply ashamed and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future,' the pope said."

What about the last fourty or so years Herr Ratzinger?

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1. And it still continues in other countries. n/t

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2. whether it's....

....banking, agriculture or religion, why would anyone support an institution that tolerated child molestation?

"Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday he was 'deeply ashamed' of the clergy sexual abuse scandal..."

....Nazi Pope, you have more than a quick-fix PR problem here....clean up your institution completely, visably....go well beyond where people expect you to go....wait a couple of generations and maybe people will forget your sins....

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3. Bill Maher's New Rule

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/new_rules/index.html

And, finally, New Rule: Whenever you combine a secretive compound, religion and weirdos in pioneer outfits, there's going to be some child-f*cking going on. In fact, whenever a cult leader sets himself up as "God's infallible wing man" here on earth, lock away the kids.

Which is why I'd like to tip off law enforcement to an even larger child-abusing religious cult. Its leader also has a compound. And this guy not only operates outside the bounds of the law, but he used to be a Nazi and he wears funny hats.

That's right. The Pope is coming to America this week, and, ladies, he's single! Now, I know what you're thinking: "Bill, you can't be saying that the Catholic Church is no better than this creepy Texas cult! For one thing, altar boys can't even get pregnant."

But, really, what tripped up the "little cult on the prairie" was that they only abused hundreds of kids, not thousands all over the world. Cults get raided. Religions get parades. How does the Catholic Church get away with all of their buggery? VOLUME, VOLUME, VOLUME!

If you have a few hundred followers and you let some of them molest children, they call you a cult leader. If you have a billion, they call you "Pope."

It's like if you can't pay your mortgage, you're a deadbeat, but if you can't pay a million mortgages, you're Bear Stearns, and we bail you out. And that's who the Catholic Church is, the Bear Stearns of organized pedophilia. Too big to fail.

When the - when the current Pope was in his previous Vatican job as John Paul's Dick Cheney - he wrote a letter instructing every Catholic bishop to keep the sex abuse of minors secret until the statute of limitations ran out. And that's the Church's attitude: "We're here, we're queer, get used to it."

Which is fine. Far be it from me to criticize religion. But, just remember one thing: if the Pope was, instead of a religious figure, merely the CEO of a nationwide chain of daycare centers where thousands of employees had been caught molesting kids and then covering it up, he'd be arrested faster than you can say, "Who wants to touch Mister Wiggle?"

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4. Yes I say that episode

now where is the documentation for this letter?

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5. From the UK Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/apr/24/children.childprotection