Posted by Harley (144.138.139.198) on April 27, 2002 at 01:39:18:
In Reply to: so i just have to say something about this. posted by sarah67zillion (172.172.136.213) on April 27, 2002 at 00:38:18:
: im sure we've all heard about this whole catholic sex crime scandle thing happening, right?
: without kicking open a door to personal attacks, what does everyone think about all this?
The church is faulty on so very many levels. But this one's a beauty. In Australia at the moment, the Anglican Church is going through the same thing. Our Governor General (ex Archbishop of Brisbane) should have been sacked, but our evil Primie Minister has yet again set his own heavily Christian, judgmental values aside when it comes to his close circle.
: i personally am confused. theres been reports of all these priests who are known serial child abusers and rapists. so all the head catholic big boys got together over seas to discuss how to handle the whole fiasco. the major question being, "should priests be allowed to practice if they molest children, even if they only do it once?"
They take a vow of celibacy. But then they also take a vow of poverty. The Vatican city is an excellent example of how seriously they take their vows.
: what the hell is going on? at what point did priests become immune to JAIL? why aren't the accused being prosecuted? afterall, they have been accused of a CRIME? have they even been arrested?
I have yet to meet a member of a Christian religious order whom I haven't found to be a total hypocrite. The church will keep its cans of worms closed for as long as it can. it is a big company and it makes lots of money.
: and further more, the catholic church has, for several years, concealed evidence of countless child abuse cases. isn't that conspiracy? why are we allowing conspiritors to leave the country? i could have sworn the USA set up a justice system so that when we know who the bad guys are, we can catch them and not let them go. sure they're holy and all, but they are still human and they broke the law.
Yep. But they probably don't even believe they're going to burn in hell.
: i guess my question is: if we went to all that trouble to make laws against child abuse, why aren't these cases being dealt with legally?
Politics.
: oh this has to be annagramical huh? ok um, enneagramically, what type do you think the pope is?
: sarah.
Probably a 1 judging from the visceral reaction I have to him. Or should that be IT?