Posted by P (64.157.21.223) on April 27, 2002 at 12:34:54:
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?
: 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?"
: 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?
: 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.
: 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?
***The whole world is run on politics. Politics kept this stuff hushed up for years. It is good that it is in the open. When problems are kept secret they get worse and continue. Now the problem cannot continue. It will take time but justice will be served. Here is utah in 90% mormon utah county sex abuse in the family is common. Not to mention the polygamists.
On bringing things out take someone I know for example. He just acknowledged he is gay and feels much better knowing who he is and accepting it. He said after 20 years of feeling he was different he now knows why and is a lot happier.