tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post8903737595757923940..comments2024-03-27T00:26:19.644+00:00Comments on Rosa Rubicondior: Vatican Still Avoiding Responsibility For Abusive PriestsRosa Rubicondiorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06063268216781988588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-66389125005653932732014-08-27T13:59:11.052+01:002014-08-27T13:59:11.052+01:00The Vatican is walking a rope strung taut between ...The Vatican is walking a rope strung taut between admitting responsibility for the crimes on the one hand and not admitting that its fundamental worldview makes such crimes fairly inevitable. The former requires only a superficial fix, while the latter would necessitate a complete overturning of the religion itself.mikespeirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397674737999065117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-26132280495870695032014-08-27T13:55:28.737+01:002014-08-27T13:55:28.737+01:00Rosa, you wrote: And this is the church which clai...Rosa, you wrote: And this is the church which claims to be the guardian or our morals and to be the bridge between the divine giver of moral law and us mere mortals. In reality, of course, it is the provider of excuses and opportunities to control freaks, frauds and criminal sociopaths, operating more like a secret society, complete with a code of omerta, totally focussed on hoovering up wealth from the poor and maintaining the power and privileges of the clergy.<br /><br />I agree. Here you can read about the former Archbishop and nuncio Jozef Wesolowski: http://religiondispatches.org/wesolowski-sexual-abuse-case-a-new-approach-or-same-old-same-old/ . Some quotes:<br /><br />Apparently this fellow regularly had a few drinks by the waterfront in the afternoon and then invited a shoeshine boy or other young man in need of money to accompany him to a secluded spot for sex. [...]<br /><br />It’s hard to imagine anyone defending the man’s behavior if even a fraction of what’s being reported is true. One victim was a boy with epilepsy, for example; Ms. Goodstein cites, on good authority, that “the nuncio gave him medication for his condition in exchange for sexual acts.” Is there no moral cellar here?<br /><br />This case unfortunately offers many insights into how the Roman world works. Vatican officials protest too much when they speak of a new approach, showing how seriously they take clergy sexual abuse. The Archbishop was “whisked away by the Vatican” so as to avoid trial in the venue where he’s alleged to have committed the crimes. That act reflected the same old same old approach to clergy sexual abuse under Pope Francis as under his predecessors until, as I read it, public pressure was simply too great. [...]<br /><br />[His clergy fellows] have already hedged their bets by saying that it is not clear that the new 2013 Vatican guidelines can be applied retroactively in this case. Problems of double jeopardy remain of course. In short, while the Vatican’s rhetoric is promising, the timing and expected next steps make clear that not much has changed at all. So far, the so-called punishment is an insult to Catholics everywhere. [End of quotes]<br /><br />Or in short: It's deplorable and sad in every aspect. <br />Helmer von Helvetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136543309048013677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583674511519808833.post-77771626680721999822014-08-27T12:27:20.826+01:002014-08-27T12:27:20.826+01:00If the trucking company had hundreds of employees ...If the trucking company had hundreds of employees who had molested people, and if it also had a systematic policy for decades of shielding those employees from the law and even moving them to other countries to protect them from getting caught, then I think "the leadership of that company" would indeed have a pretty good chance of ending up behind bars.<br /><br />Guardian of our morals, bah, Yet another proof that Jesus doesn't exist is that he hasn't yet blasted this cabal like a bunch of diseased fig trees for disgracing his name by association.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com