Says the man with the gold scepter, the embroidered hat and the superficial glitter on his robe.
-FA
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"The inventor of the plow did more good than the maker of the first rosary - because, say what you will, plowing is better than praying."
— Robert G. Ingersoll (via thebookofatheism)
fuckyeahlgbt asks: Have you heard the news about what the pope thinks about condoms? "Okay in some cases." I'll take what I can get; this is still a huge step :)
This might be another of those Galileo moments for the Church where science has to drag religion towards reality once again. I am hopefully optimistic this development will help in stemming the AIDS tide in Africa. That being said the proof is in the pudding so we have to wait and see how the Church puts into practice what looks like a big change in theological (i.e. make believe) perspectives.
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-FA
Although abortion is illegal in Brazil, over 1 million women there have the procedure each year. 250,000 of those women suffer trauma due to botched abortions and must be treated by doctors through the government’s managed health care system. Forty percent of Brazil’s rape victims are children,…
September 25th 2010
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yourfaith-deactivated20101012 asks: If you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Benedict XVI intended and acted to help criminals escape from justice, then do so. I am a friend of the truth.
The disagreement between religious and non-religious cannot be used to marginalize the reality that abuse transcends a presence or lack of beliefs.
Indeed, let those who are best prepared to assist victims do so.
There can be no denial that those who receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders are under the same temptations and frailties as any other man. I simply believe that we were created for infinity; this includes dealing with those who would abuse others as if there were no tomorrow. This generation of Catholics must concretely work so that those individuals who have and would betray the priesthood are immediately removed, and receive just punishment from the state.
The fruit of this work can only come from further revision and correct implementation of canon law, and the efforts of the laity to serve as a watch-dog of even the national bishops conferences.
As an aspiring medical professional, canon lawyer, and possibly priest, thank you for your time.
The disagreement between religious and non-religious cannot be used to marginalize the reality that abuse transcends a presence or lack of beliefs.
Indeed, let those who are best prepared to assist victims do so.
There can be no denial that those who receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders are under the same temptations and frailties as any other man. I simply believe that we were created for infinity; this includes dealing with those who would abuse others as if there were no tomorrow. This generation of Catholics must concretely work so that those individuals who have and would betray the priesthood are immediately removed, and receive just punishment from the state.
The fruit of this work can only come from further revision and correct implementation of canon law, and the efforts of the laity to serve as a watch-dog of even the national bishops conferences.
As an aspiring medical professional, canon lawyer, and possibly priest, thank you for your time.
Ryan brought the case to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who today is Pope Benedict XVI. Ryan asked Benedict to forcibly remove Campbell from the priesthood.
In a personally signed letter, Ratzinger, citing Canon law, said he couldn’t defrock Campbell without Campbell’s permission – and instead suggested a local church trial, which would have taken years. It would be three more years before Bishop Ryan could persuade Campbell to request his own defrocking.
McCormick was speechless when he read the letter that kept his abuser an ordained priest.
“I think common sense should supersede Canon law,” McCormick said.
-Source
I am not surprised. This is nothing new. Nobody should give a rat’s behind for “cannon law”. Who cares? Isn’t doing what is right the important thing here? (Hitler, for example, was never excommunicated. But if you are a women priest, summary excommunication.) Common sense is not common at all.
You said:
The disagreement between religious and non-religious cannot be used to marginalize the reality that abuse transcends a presence or lack of beliefs.
I never stated that child abuse was found only in the Catholic priesthood. Such a complaint is a straw man distraction. The point was that the leaders of the Catholic Church decided that the institution came before the victims. Both in words and in actions, starting with Mr. Ratzinger.
For example:
“The case then languished for four years at the Vatican before Ratzinger finally wrote to the Oakland bishop. It was two more years before Kiesle was removed; during that time he continued to do volunteer work with children through the church.”
Ratzinger also noted, says the report, that any decision to defrock Kiesle must take into account the “good of the universal church” and the “detriment that granting the dispensation can provoke within the community of Christ’s faithful, particularly considering the young age.” The priest was 38 at the time.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/290324#ixzz10WAiPjen
Notice how the priest still had access to children FOR 2 MORE YEARS with the knowledge of the Church. With Ratzinger’s personal knowledge!!! His position in this debacle is morally indefensible. As a self proclaimed friend of truth you should recognize these facts for what they are.
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The fruit of this work can only come from further revision and correct implementation of canon law, and the efforts of the laity to serve as a watch-dog of even the national bishops conferences.
What? The only way to actually protect children is to recognize that cannon law does not supersede secular law. Never has, never will. Cannon law is totally irrelevant (unless you live in the Vatican). It is not so much modification of cannon law that is needed. Again, who cares? What needed to be done was implement secular law. As in calling the Police. As in not moving pedophiles around parishes when they got caught. As in not letting them have access to children after knowing what evils have such pedophiles done. How hard can that be? Where is the supposed Christian morality of the self proclaimed vicars of Christ? Please…
If hiding crimes and exposing children to abuse (FOR 2 YEARS) for “the good of the universal church”, is excusable, then anything is. And don’t get me started on how Cardinal Law was sheltered by the Vatican after the scandal, and how he covered for pedophile priests, was known in Boston.
I’m sorry but as a man of good conscience I could never have any association with such a corrupt institution. Much less admire leaders whose contrition only comes after they cannot hide the facts any more. I will never be able to do such and neither should anyone who actually cares for truth.
Please become a medical professional. It is truly an infinitely better choice.
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-FA
September 24th 2010
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yourfaith-deactivated20101012 asks: I make only a friendly suggestion: perhaps the most effective prevention of pedophilia in the Catholic Church would be a complete, comprehensive, constructive, and systematic critique of the official laws of the Church regarding child abuse (See "Normae de gravioribus delictis," http://www.vatican.va/resources/index_en.htm).
Surely canon lawyers were involved in the recent modifications of the norms, but Church laws could be more effective if there were a concerted effort from respected secular lawyers to assist in further revision.
Such an effort would hopefully be brought on by the public, if criticism were more focused on improving efforts of current crime prevention.
In any case, thank you for reading, have a good day.
Ryan
Surely canon lawyers were involved in the recent modifications of the norms, but Church laws could be more effective if there were a concerted effort from respected secular lawyers to assist in further revision.
Such an effort would hopefully be brought on by the public, if criticism were more focused on improving efforts of current crime prevention.
In any case, thank you for reading, have a good day.
Ryan
The best prevention would be to punish those responsible for molesting kids and the individuals that enabled/hid them. Actions usually carry more weight than words. Wouldn’t you agree?
Why would anyone trust an individual that claims to represent god on earth in spite of not having any evidence in favor of it? BTW, did you know that is just one of Pope’s official titles? Why would people still keep trusting and supporting such an institution when plenty evidence is available to the contrary? If anyone wants to stop pedophilia in the catholic church the first step would be to stop supporting the same church that enables it. Wouldn’t you agree? Isn’t it obvious?
Efforts right now are focused on where the church did not focus on for DECADES, on the victims. It is my opinion that in an ideal world the type of secular lawyers that would be involved in such cases would be known as prosecutors.
Remember, a mayor component of crime prevention is deterrence. The one thing that can only come by punishing those responsible. The second component is compensation to the victims. Just the thing that a literal army of catholic lawyers are fighting tooth and nail against at courts all over the world right now.
At the end of the day personal attachment to the particular myth and superstition of the catholic church should not overpower our sense of morality and shared humanity. History has shown the folly of such a blindly trusting, i.e. faithful, attitude.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
-Voltaire
Take care.
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-FA
By Scott Bronstein
CNN Special Investigations Unit“I think what the Murphy case shows is the deference that Cardinal Ratzinger and Pope Benedict would give to the priests,” said David Gibson, a pope biographer and author of “The Rule of Benedict.” Ratzinger, like other Vatican officials “would always accede to the priest’s wishes first, rather than the victim’s wishes, rather than justice for the victims. They were secondary to what the priest wanted and what he felt was best for keeping things quiet and taking care of the institutional church.”
In a rare interview, Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the Vatican’s prosecutor, told CNN he understands the frustration and anger in the Murphy case.
Asked if the Murphy decision were a mistake, Monsignor Scicluna said, “No, I wouldn’t call it a mistake. I would call it a different take on a very difficult case.”
How can you say that you “understand the frustration and anger” but at the same time claim that how the church acted was not a mistake but a “different take on a very difficult case”? What was so “difficult” about it? Is it hard to figure out that children need to be protected from pedophiles? “Different take” as in more kids were allowed to be molested just so the church’s reputation did not suffer? How I wish all these lawsuits could bankrupt financially such a morally bankrupt institution. But remember, it is all the atheist’s fault.
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