Way to go Catholic Church :-(

have you been affected by the abuse crimes?

 

wow...

 

Is there any organization of size that does not have something scandalous like this going on?

To be clear, I would never condone/be passive on child molestation.

 

oops!

 

yes, i'm outraged by the abuse scandal. but i'm not sure what you mean by acceptance. i think some older Catholics are ignorant or oblivious, possibly out of choice. but many are very upset and many have left the church. i couldn't agree with you more that leadership has not been pro active and basically has been dragged kicking and screaming to address the situation. reminds me of baseball where no one wanted to address the steroid issue. very parallel situations. of course, child abuse is much more serious, but it must be human nature to protect the guilty?

 

Are you saying that most large organizations have issues with uncontrolled child molestations?

 

More or less... statistics say the probability of the occurrence of something amiss will be greater with larger populations...

 

unfortunately, child abuse seems to be rampant everywhere. the church may have unwittingly provided room and board for abusers and it grew unchecked like cancer. then, when they realized it, they were too embarrassed to bring light to it and tried to cover it up. maybe nixon was involved.

 

"I can't sleep with my priest anymore because of all the tossing and turning."
- Zach Galifianakis

eep:

 

The surprising thing isn't that he was molesting kids, but that they bothered to investigate at all.

 

Guess some of you got bored and needed to have a Catholic-bashing thread and somehow make it seem like the worst blight on Humankind...and what a few do to discredit everybody.

Sex scandals, misuse of money, drug abuse happens all the time in all political parties in all countries. It happens in sports. It happens in corporations. It happens in secular no-profits such as the American Red Cross.

You are fixated on attacking religion in general, but Christians and Catholics in particular....it's so monotonous it reminds me of the Star Trek Borg or zombies that repeat ad nauseum: "Must get at Catholics". In advance every post you and a few others post will fixate on that at all costs and NEVER acknowledge good counter-points.

It really does not bother you about suicide bombers in Pakistan that kill dozens, how the Taliban treat women, or Ratko Maldic will be tried for killing many thousands in the Balkans (250,000 in that war?) Just spend hours obsessing on what you despise and pretend it's worse than Ratko, the Taliban, suicide bombers....

 

I am mad/disappointed too.

 

dear lord, talk about cardinal knowledge...:twitch:

 

right. and that has happened here in the boston area and in many other parts of the country and world. unfortunately, the heirarchy are very slow to move. they did commision an independent study at a university (non catholic) who came up with a report on how abuse came about and how to prevent it. hopefully, they will begin to implement it quickly.

 

Evan,

In no way was I attempting to say a blind eye be given to the Catholic Church or go easy with them.

I am just pointing out a few of the same members are harping on stories like this to imply all religion is bad....the Rapture prediction is old news so I guess this one....looking at a pattern at FHOP bigger than this thread. Anyone notice threads like this of nature by a handful of members but directed at secular institutions don't pop up on FHOP? (can't speak for FPHOP)

Again, the the priests molesting the children need to be punished along with those in the Church complicit with it.

 

I agree with you Chuck. Abuse is everywhere. Problem is the media likes to sensationalize the issue. We catholics are the ones to hate right now.

 

Yeah, speaking of organizations (DNC) that put themselves on a moral pedestal and allowing similar things like this to happen! Ha! Let's consider the homosexual pedophile Gerry Studds (D-MA) he was bad enough but then the D's promote him after the scandal to committee chairmanships and he's reelected six more times after he turns his back on the House as they censured him? LOL! Morals? :noidea: Those in glass houses.

I wonder what the incidence of molestation is in the medical community and how they handle it?


Pediatrician who molested 470 children and raped 103 . . .


WoW! 470! That would take most Priest's a while to match, eh?