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talkpoliticsWow. Pope Benedict's personal preacher Raniero Cantalamessa created a firestorm by comparing the scrutiny and pressure the Catholic Church has been experiencing lately in their molestation scandals to the "more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism."
This just further illustrates why the Roman Catholic Church will never take real steps to stop abuse. They aren't concerned with the children that are getting raped, they're only concerned with their own reputation. They see themselves as being wrongfully attacked, and never does it enter their minds that their actions (and lack thereof) contributed to what they are enduring now.
I hope the pressure never lets up but sooner or later the mainstream media will give up on it, only to flare up again down the road after more children have been raped, and the cycle will repeat again.
Pope Benedict, the only way this is going to end is if you take real steps towards stopping abuse. First of all stop protecting priests who molest children and treat it like the horrific sin (and crime) that it is. Throw them out of the Church and/or turn them in to law enforcement.
To help prevent this from happening as much you're going to have to allow priests to marry. Stop making excuses, stop covering up, and make a real effort to end this abuse.
This just further illustrates why the Roman Catholic Church will never take real steps to stop abuse. They aren't concerned with the children that are getting raped, they're only concerned with their own reputation. They see themselves as being wrongfully attacked, and never does it enter their minds that their actions (and lack thereof) contributed to what they are enduring now.
I hope the pressure never lets up but sooner or later the mainstream media will give up on it, only to flare up again down the road after more children have been raped, and the cycle will repeat again.
Pope Benedict, the only way this is going to end is if you take real steps towards stopping abuse. First of all stop protecting priests who molest children and treat it like the horrific sin (and crime) that it is. Throw them out of the Church and/or turn them in to law enforcement.
To help prevent this from happening as much you're going to have to allow priests to marry. Stop making excuses, stop covering up, and make a real effort to end this abuse.
Re: There are millions of people who live sex-free lives by choice.
Date: 4/4/10 08:54 (UTC)A paedophile wants to be around kids to satisfy desires, obviously. I assume they re born this way and this desire matures as they grow. As they dream and scheme these desires they want to be around kids. Getting married and having kids of one's own is one way to be with kids. Either their spouse;s kids or their own, (incest) or neighbour's kids. Or they become swim coach, teacher, or whatever.
At some point they got to have a clue that this is taboo, wrong, illegal, and fucked up. I mean they got to. Otherwise there's no point of secrecy. If they have any sense or guilt or remorse, in the complete absence of help to preventing perverted behaviours, the obvious answer is celibacy. There is only one place in our culture for celibates. And the church also offers redemption for the guilt they might feel. As
What they don't offer is rehabilitation. We are to understand there is no adequate rehab for paedophiles.