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Originally Posted by Luba
Though I didn't follow his complete U.S. tour, I want to ask this question...do you think his apology for the sexual abuse from Priests helped at all?
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I think he needs to go to every country around the world to do apologise. The sheer scale of sexual abuse conducted by catholic priests is beyond comprehension.
I'm all for people wanting to be catholic if thats there thing but the catholic church as an institution is an abomination and needs a whole lot more to be done other than some apologies to help the people some of its priests have scared.
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Originally Posted by TKDLady
Compared to the amount of children molested, priests make up a pretty small percentage I think. An easy way to get publicity and make lots of money. Who is going to sue a simple little nondenominational preacher for the same act? The Catholic church is perceived to have lots of money so they are a target.
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Come to the UK. If a preacher of a smaller denomination did that they'd be put in prison far quicker than a catholic priest. They wouldn't have the political backing of the church for them to hide behind.
I would agree they are a target but not because people want cash out of them. They are a target because the catholic church institution should be a guiding light in morality but in recent decades its shown itself to not be able to do that. I'm sure theres good and well meaning catholic priests out there but because of the scale of these problems the whole religion gets tarred with the same brush. Things like the abuse scandels is just another problem to add to issues people already have with the Vatican.
Certainly in the EU, the catholic institution isn't a target because of its money, its a target because of its hypocrisy in general and the 20th and 21st century is the first time in history where state and the population in general has more power than the church and it has to answer for its actions now. This doesn't just affect the Catholic church either but also the Anglican church which has just as much to answer too, including the persicutuion of catholics in the 18th century. The is reflected in church attendance which is reaching such critical points here in the UK that churches of all Christian sects are closing (which in itself is sad because many churches in the UK are spectacular and ancient buildings with a rich history). I don't Christians have lost faith in God but have lost faith in the Anglican and Catholic Church systems.