Pope says it is unfair to apply contemporary standards to sex abuse cover ups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just another powerful white man making excuses for abuse and abuse cover up. There is only one right thing to say (and do). "We were horrible people who committed or covered up the most horrific crimes known to man. We will turn anyone who committed such crimes or covered them up into the police. We will fire and publicly shame anyone who committed or covered up such crimes. We will pay enormous amounts of money in restitution the victims even at the risk of the church going bankrupt and having to shut down". Period. That is the ONLY morally right thing to do.

+1

[Anonymous]

He's a crazy old man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wuerl is out. The Post is reporting the Pope accepted his resignation.

Yay. Perhaps every clergy should be interviewed to see what they know about abuse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is anyone still Catholic? How can you justify this shizz???

How can you justify your bigotry, which is shizz squared?

/ not Catholic

+1. As Catholics here have explained many times, they have some compelling reasons for staying, like working for change from within.

/ also not Catholic

Does staying and working for change from withing include the collection plate?

Go to mass, but hold your money, change will happen with lightning speed. Drop that dollar and you are part of the problem, with zero wiggle room.

You’ve been pushing this for months. Catholics have told you why you’re wrong many times. Not going to bother repeating the arguments here—do the work yourself and go back and re-read the old threads where you were peddling this before.

So what? Maybe Catholics are wrong about this and maybe bringing it up again will eventually resonate with some of them. Just because you don't agree with an argument doesn't give you the right to ban further discussion of it.

[Anonymous]

Stop taking moral and ethical advice from monsters. Why do people put any weight in what this man says? Do they not have a working internal moral compass?

[Anonymous]

I oppose funding corruption.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop taking moral and ethical advice from monsters. Why do people put any weight in what this man says? Do they not have a working internal moral compass?

Most catholics, like most people, have a moral compass, but when it comes to church matters, they don't use it. They instead rely on church teachings and guidance from church leaders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stop taking moral and ethical advice from monsters. Why do people put any weight in what this man says? Do they not have a working internal moral compass?

Most catholics, like most people, have a moral compass, but when it comes to church matters, they don't use it. They instead rely on church teachings and guidance from church leaders.

The abuse of children has GOT to STOP.

[Anonymous]

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And this is the most progressive Pope we've ever had, just take a moment to think about that.

Excellent point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My H has been a child abuse investigator for 20 years and to say people 20+ years ago should have known how to handle abuse allegations is absurd.

The problem with the Catholics is they continue to cover up and they try to slander the victims of sexually assaults today.

The problem with US Catholics is that they let homosexuals become priests.

[Anonymous]

It's avery interesting position, coming from a Church that vigorously asserts that the laws of God are immutable and timeless.

Sorry but after hearing fifty years of sermons reject the moral relativism of the day, it is not acceptable to use it as a defense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My H has been a child abuse investigator for 20 years and to say people 20+ years ago should have known how to handle abuse allegations is absurd.

The problem with the Catholics is they continue to cover up and they try to slander the victims of sexually assaults today.

The problem with US Catholics is that they let homosexuals become priests.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is anyone still Catholic? How can you justify this shizz???

How can you justify your bigotry, which is shizz squared?

/ not Catholic

I am not the PP, but I think many of us are justifiably bigots against people who commit sexual abuse against minors, and any person or organization who protects them from justice.

If that earns the title "bigot", then I think most people would wear that title proudly.

Maybe not you.

[Anonymous]

Why is it that you can you just a sue the church into oblivion?

Sue the donors. Sue the priests. The nuns. Sue them all.

[Anonymous]

There was plenty of sexual abuse in DCPS. Those unfortunate students thought they were the teacher's pet when in truth they were just being groomed. At first they will feel shame then anger. Eventually they will report it to the police and arrests will be made.