Posted on 09/13/2018 7:12:03 AM PDT by Aunt Polgara
Wow. That’s a huge red blinking “Gang of Crooks” warning, right there.
Bill Donohue should have chatted with this guy before writing this screed. Or, maybe he already knew all this....
https://stumblingblock.org/?p=12665
We don't allow Churches to investigate themselves when it comes to child rape.. and shouldn't.
Churches have the right to 'forgive' rapists - that's within their preview... but they don't have the right to ignore the laws of the country. And as I've said before it's just as easy to 'forgive' a priest while he sitting in a prison cell as to forgive him when he's sitting in a rectory 50 feet from a child's playground. The 'right' to forgive is NOT the issue.
As far as priests seducing men over the age of 18 - that's the Church's business. Our laws cover the minimum standards of human behavior... not the standards we should all be following... That's the level we hope religion will assist with establishing.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-catholic-leagues-attempts-to-whitewash-catholic-church-sex-abuse-are-beyond-absurd
This stumbling block guy lacks credibility, not to mention readability.
Wow. Got the goods.
Well thought, well said.
And go where, precisely??? Much, much better to stay where you are and vote with your wallet.
I think “cuban leaf”’s reply answers your question.
That is huge.
Whether Wuerl knew about McCarrick or not, is irrelevant to me...
Wuerl needs gone because he actively engaged in covering up for predator priests, including a pedophile ring!! He used NDA’s to shut up victims... etc etc etc...
Whether he knew about McCarrick or not does not matter... He protected animals and criminals and prevented victims from anything close to justice.
Yes Wuerl needs gone.. Yes the Pope needs gone.. but the reality is, just removing a few players won’t change things.. because you much remove the homosexual cabal from the church, and if you do not, they will just put a new Pope in and replace Wuerl with another who will happilly cover up for them.
I don’t care one iota if Wuerl knew or did not know about McCarrick (though I am hard pressed to believe he didn’t)... He already showed he would cover up for people not only molesting children, but marking and trading them amongst each other...
I am not SCAPEGOATING him... he did it, he knew it, and he cannot be trusted in a position of authority...
Until the laity of the Catholic Church recognize just how big and damaging the homosexual cabal within the church is, and demands it removed... NOTHING will change, other than the players names... We will be right back here in 20 years, just with different names in the headlines.
Yes Wuerl instituted structural changes that helped prevent more abuse, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t cover up and knowing protect people he knew were abusing children. In doing so he served Satan... He needs gone.
YEPPERS!!! Like we Catholics aren’t Christian!! LOL!!
“the bishops had no institutionalized mechanism for assessing sexual offenses”
Also, it isn’t their PLACE to have such a mechanism. If you work for Walmart, the managers are not allowed such deference to evaluate it. If an accusation is made, they call the cops who investigate it. If they cover it up, they are charged too.
We do the same thing with universities. Who the hell appointed universities to investigate rape charges instead of calling the police?
If they are aware of a charge, and hide it, they should face the same charge as a conspirator.
And WTH is with this Donohue psycho? He explains that naked fondling, oral sex, porn and all with boys isn’t always “rape”. This sicko needs to STFU.
And go where, precisely???
I became a Christian at age 27 in 1981. Since then, as I move around I’ve gone to Assembly of God, Baptist, FourSquare, Church of God and Christian as well as a couple of non-denominational, which is what I attend now.
When I moved to KY I went to two different denominations and left both because of their strong and grossly incorrect hell message and their complete unwillingness to even discuss it.
Bottom line, this guy Donohue is way over the line in his defense.
The best thing the church could ever do is to remember Christ clearing the temple. It could change the world if such priests and cardinals were slapped and beaten by a deacon or leader, thrown out the front door, had their collar ripped off and were kicked down the front steps.
Seeing church leaders fight the molestation of boys would be a powerful message the world would never forget.
Yet you remained an American.
Funny how it works that way ...
Scapegoating Cardinal Wuerl. Almost as bad as demonizing Satan.
Medieval homilists used to group these vices, typically, together; Luxury, Usury, Sodomy.
The analogy does not work. I can change churches without uprooting my family and moving out of the country.
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