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

[Anonymous]

Just wow! Doesn't everyone remember the good old days when it was cool to not only sexually abuse kids but to allow people to keep doing it?! He really really doesn't get it!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pope-church-abuse-scandals-20180925-story.html

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

I sort of agree with the premise because with so many things we keep applying our current standards to the past. For instance how we're treating former presidents who had slaves.

But yeah, the Pope needs to stop making statements about the sex abuse scandals because this is ongoing and constant. I'm disgusted by how they treat current cases.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to read what the pope actually said rather than a summary before I comment on an article that doesn't reference its headline.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

If he said it used to be true that victims and their families "covered up" abuse by not talking about it, fine. That's not the same thing at all as the perpetrators and their employers covering up the fact that they were abusing children, over and over again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sort of agree with the premise because with so many things we keep applying our current standards to the past. For instance how we're treating former presidents who had slaves.

But yeah, the Pope needs to stop making statements about the sex abuse scandals because this is ongoing and constant. I'm disgusted by how they treat current cases.

There was a time when slavery was common and socially acceptable. When was the time in contemporary history that it was ever socially acceptable to sexually abuse children? I get not making a big public deal about it but they could have removed them. They knew it was wrong because they kept it secret. They knew it was wrong because they moved them. THEY KNEW IT WAS WRONG!!!

[Anonymous]

In the old days, a child molester would be hanged by a lynch mob. I'm fine with going back to those old standards of justice.

[Anonymous]

He's taking about the contemporary standard that "nobody trusts the Church about sex abuse because they've lied about it and covered it up so much". This is unfair, and he wants to go back to the old standard that "everyone should trust the Church and never ask questions, it's only a few bad apples and the Church authorities have dealt with the problem."

[Anonymous]

"The pope said it's unfair to judge the cover-up with today's standards, in the same way it's unfair to judge the forced conversion of indigenous peoples during the colonial era or even the past use of the death penalty. He said sex abuse was also covered up at home and elsewhere in society."

I'm a historian and I don't know that it's accurate to say that covering up sexual abuse was a cultural norm in past generations. Certainly people did cover it up, but then they still do. In the early 20th century it was pretty common to for newspapers to name sex offenders and also name their victims-so not exactly covering up.

[Anonymous]

How is anyone still Catholic? How can you justify this shizz???

[Anonymous]

Reporting of sexual abuse has absolutely changed in recent years. How many families through the years covered up Uncle Louie’s roaming hands by simply ostracizing him rather than calling the police and making “family business” public?

[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.

Catholics, Republicans—basically anyone accused of abuse will blame the victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reporting of sexual abuse has absolutely changed in recent years. How many families through the years covered up Uncle Louie’s roaming hands by simply ostracizing him rather than calling the police and making “family business” public?

Yep. Sadly my grandma told me once it just used to be what men did to little girls. I didn't want to hear any more and try not to think about the horror of her statement.

[Anonymous]

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