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Tao_Equus
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What exactly did the Pope mean when he stated that American bishops had badly handled the child abuse scandal that rocked the American Catholic Church recently? Badly handled because the publicity surrounding it was negative and widespread or badly handled because of the insensitivity the church showed to the victims of the endemic abuse within that organisation?
To me it is the former. In 2001, while he was a cardinal, he issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the Church's interests ahead of child safety. So at best his statement is a blatant hypocrisy at worst a show that they have yet to learn the lesson that society will not tolerate the abuse of power that church has hitherto enjoyed.
Lawyers acting for abuse victims claim it was designed to prevent the allegations from becoming public knowledge or being investigated by the police. They accuse Ratzinger of committing a 'clear obstruction of justice'.
The letter, 'concerning very grave sins', was sent from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that once presided over the Inquisition and was overseen by Ratzinger.
What faith can we have in the Pope as a true and honest man if he carries on in such a way? To my mind we cant and while he was in America I feel he should have been arrested for conspiracy and charged with obstruction of justice.
Tao
To me it is the former. In 2001, while he was a cardinal, he issued a secret Vatican edict to Catholic bishops all over the world, instructing them to put the Church's interests ahead of child safety. So at best his statement is a blatant hypocrisy at worst a show that they have yet to learn the lesson that society will not tolerate the abuse of power that church has hitherto enjoyed.
Lawyers acting for abuse victims claim it was designed to prevent the allegations from becoming public knowledge or being investigated by the police. They accuse Ratzinger of committing a 'clear obstruction of justice'.
The letter, 'concerning very grave sins', was sent from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican office that once presided over the Inquisition and was overseen by Ratzinger.
What faith can we have in the Pope as a true and honest man if he carries on in such a way? To my mind we cant and while he was in America I feel he should have been arrested for conspiracy and charged with obstruction of justice.
Tao