Posted on 10/05/2012 3:48:25 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne
“They are the only one that as a matter of policy covered it up and transferred rapists.”
There’s no written policy calling for the transfer of abusive priests, but only the unwritten actions of individual bishops doing wrong. If you don’t think abusive Protestant ministers had help in going from this church where they were abusing to that church for a fresh start with the help of church elders, you’re kidding yourself. These sins and crimes have been covered up and treated like this everywhere in society, and for you to act like the Catholic Church is the only one doing it is ridiculous.
You are putting words in my mouth and then disagreeing with your own words. Abuse of children is everywhere. However, it has disproportionately occurred under the Catholic leadership. Why this is, is open to debate. That it has happened is beyond dispute.
“it (sexual abuse) has disproportionately occurred under the Catholic leadership.”
Absolute nonsense. The sexual abuse of children is every bit as bad if not worse among Protestants as Catholics. It is way worse in general society and the American public education system than it is in the Catholic Church. Abortion clinics are covering up the sexual abuse of minors on a regular basis. It is now leaking out how bad the abuse has been in Hollywood. You seem to be overwhelmed by the liberal media bias which focuses virtually only on the abuse in the Catholic Church because she officially opposes birth control, abortion, and the gay lifestyle, while turning a blind eye to the abuse everywhere in society. It has only recently broke that the BBC was turning a blind eye to an abuser in their midst.
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