Revolting Pederast Priests. May they rot in Hell for what they did to their victims.
- Thread starter LeilaniMP
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WTH is right.
Then I'll go with Leilani's assessment of what should happen.
EatTheRich
President
LeilaniMP
Empress
I hope this is the beginning of exposing all of them...nationwide.
Utterly despicable individuals!
It really hits hard when it's someone you are actually familiar with. I"m so sorry..... it is so disturbing.
LeilaniMP
Empress
There was one, in particular, who tried every ruse he could to spend time with one of my family members when they were very young. He gave us all the creeps, so he was never allowed any alone time with any of the youngsters. Ever.
He would show up at my relative's home, unannounced, "just to say hello". He would bring gifts. He would invite the child to go on "retreats" with him. Thank God, they never went.
To think what could have happened sends a stab into my heart and total rage at such a debased and evil man.
And anyone who tries to make excuses for these men is just as evil.
Makes you want to stab him in the heart now................Now that you know for sure what he was up to. When our gut tells us someone is just wrong, we have to trust it.
BobbyT
Governor
I am curious what our resident Catholics feel about this @Mr. Friscus @ gigi It seems to be a far reaching problem that the horrific revelations in Boston did nothing to curtail at all. Also, how much power does the Pope really have to stop this? He should not just remove church leadership from office who has been involved in the coverup, but excommunicate them - that seems to be the only real threat that moves Catholics.
LeilaniMP
Empress
You forgot @JuliefromOhio
BobbyT
Governor
Ok, add her too. I know Catholics who left the church after the Boston revelations. But I also know Catholics who believed that "the problem has been identified and solved." But it apparently has not and is far more prevalent than we thought even back then. The pope should take strong and extreme measures to solve this. I don't care about Catholicism at all, but for Catholics who do, they should be very much in favor of a deep search for the perpetrators and a complete removal (not just moving or counseling) of those involved or covering it up. I think the problem the Catholic leadership is struggling with is the dearth of Priest candidates, so they work to keep the priests they have. Well, too bad. Fix the system and protect the innocent and worry about protolyzing after children are no longer being abused.
This is not the time for Catholics to leave their church. It's not the Pope's fault. It's not the chuch's fault..........it's not God's fault. The fault lies squarely on the shoulders of those men who put a stain on all that should have been good. It is on them and them alone.
EatTheRich
President
What’s funny is that the Catholic Church gets a bad rap because it has deep pockets and has a long paper trail of cover-ups and an entrenched hierarchy ... and also because of anti-Catholic bigotry ... but statistically, Protestant clergy in the U.S. are actually more likely to molest kids ... and any clergy are less likely to molest a given kid than the kid’s own father, stepfather, or mother’s boyfriend.
BobbyT
Governor
I'm not saying they should leave their church, I'm saying they should demand, strongly demand, that the Catholic hierarchy act strongly and harshly to curtail this. The individual men are at fault but the church hierarchy is more at fault for covering it up. Imagine being an abused child, or the parent of an abused child, and hearing from the church hierarchy that it's more important that they stay silent for the "good of the church" than that perpetrators get punished and sanctioned and removed. But the church hierarchy has not been punishing or sanctioning or removing those priests - they've been moving them to another parish where they can continue their abuse and telling those who have been abused to not make waves. That's a compounding factor for the abused. Absolutely unforgivable. It is certainly the church's fault and, ultimately, the pope's fault. There should be absolutely no, no leniency or quarter for the priests at fault. As long as the church provides them a sanctuary and cover, as the Philadelphia (and Boston) cases show, the church (and the pope, as the head) is most assuredly at fault.
