Archive for December, 2009

Has the pedophile priest saga shown us that people now have the courage to stand up to religious leaders?

December 31st, 2009

Even though the pedophile priest saga is relatively recent, the abuse of children at the hands of religious people has been going on for centuries. Is the only difference between now and then that people now have the courage to stand up to religious people where before they were in fear of being excommunicated or [...]

Do you think that Pope John Paul II is currently in Hell for his role in the priest abuse scandal?

December 29th, 2009

He helped some of those bishops cover up crimes. Given that he is probably burning in the fires of Hell right now under Catholic doctrine, why is the Catholic Church trying to sanctify him and make him a saint?
Wrong.
He called all of the bishops to the Vatican and raked them over the coals for [...]

Was that a sexual abuse from a law point of view?

December 29th, 2009

I found pornographic pictures of my soon to be ex wife and one of her lover’s met on the internet. I found out that whenever I was on my business trip the guy was sleeping in our bed with our daughter and my wife. Also I found out posts between them on myspace that they [...]

The Catholic Church yesterday where our brothers and sisters continue to suffer in silence what new scandals?

December 25th, 2009

What about the Church and their own records of widespread abuse of children by priests for 30 years ?
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict expressed "outrage, betrayal and shame" on Friday at the sexual abuse of children by priests in Ireland, which Church leaders said would lead to a shake-up of the Irish Roman Catholic [...]

Should Catholic clergy and officials be criminally charged if they fail to report child abuse to the police?

December 23rd, 2009

This report is from Australia – http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/inaction-on-rape-criminal/story-e6frg6nf-1225805928537
The Catholic Church has been found to have broken the law by failing to report to police suspicions that young girls at one of its primary schools were being sexually abused by a teacher, who allegedly went on to rape and molest 12 other students.
In a damning judgment, Toowoomba [...]

here is a catholic greatest hit: CONVICTED pedo priests should get benefits!!?

December 18th, 2009

Diocese: Pedophile priests should get benefits
By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press Writer Randall Chase, Associated Press Writer – Fri Nov 20, 3:04 pm ET
WILMINGTON, Del. – The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing seeking permission to keep [...]

Is Roman Catholic priests’ abuse of children proof of the sin of imposing celibacy on priests, or is something?

December 4th, 2009

more sinister now emerging?
In Ireland the RCC has publicly apologised after decades of child sexual abuse was covered up by the church but has now been exposed. In one case, the church took 20 years to decide whether to report a priest to the authorities. They kept moving him (and many other priests) from parish [...]