The good priests are invariably tarnished by their silence when they’ve seen the bad priests and bad leaders cover up crimes committed by child molesters in robes.
The Roman Catholic Church will not stand if it continues to arrogantly expect people to kiss the rings of pedophiles and pederasts.
What’s called for here is humility, atonement, penance, and piety.
None of those things are coming from Rome and Rome’s lack of these virtues will soon lead governments around the world to place the safety of their children ahead of the RCC.
The good priests are victims too. They bear the burden of the foul balls, but until they get together and purge the ranks of the predators and the enablers the church will continue to suffer.
Please correct me if I am wrong. I am a baptist who believes you must trust Jesus to be saved. But I run into trouble with other believers who say a Catholic cannot be saved because they worship Mary and have idols like prayer beads. But I believe there are humble village priests that have given their all to serve Jesus and the poor around them. How can anyone say that Mother Theresa or John Paul II did not truly love Jesus? I know I’m wading into deep waters here that have not been solved in 2 millenia of history. Are there not charismatic Catholics that rejoice in the love of Jesus Christ?