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<snip>Maybe we should banned Notre Dame, Holy Cross, and Villanova
from football for two years due to a Pope that has clearly protected pedophiles.<snip>
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I won't argue and probably agree with all you've said about about
the failed responsibilities of the Church. But that last part is a non sequitur.
First, as I've posted earlier in this thread, I am feeling Parterno carries
less
responsibility or fault than the administrators above him in this case.
But it seems that most pundits are saying that it was the football mania
that was the driving force at PSU, regardless of the academic esteem
that Paterno is credited with installing among his teams.
I can almost make a case that the root problem in the Vatican's actions comes
out a basic premise of the Catholic religion... confession and repenting.
So as long as a pedophile clergyman has "confessed and repented",
the church would find it necessary to adhere to "go forth and sin no more".
What I'm trying to argue is that the "football mania" was the root cause
of Sandusky getting away with his evil actions for such a long time.
But in the Catholic Church, as inexcusible as it is, the root cause
was an unintended consequence of a basic premise of their religion.
But maybe it's all a distinction without a difference...