5% of U.S. Catholic Bishops don't think sexual abuse is a fireable offense!

tw · 06-17-2002, 12:09 AM

When the church denied any child molestation was happening, at least 850 of their 60,000 people were transferred for the act. At least 4 American Bishops are guilty of child molesting. So the Bishops made a big show of acknowledging the problem and a big show of zero tolerance. Problem is the people who condoned it, advocated it, and openly protected child molesters are not subject to any punishment. At best, those accused and previously known to be guilty will be on restricted duty.

The whole purpose of that Bishops conference is damage control. Only do what is necessary to deflect criticism. It is not a wholesale reform - just enough to be politically acceptable. No top management suffers any consequences for all but endorsing child molesting.

In the meantime, the Church is taking extra measures to protect their assets from lawsuits. This conference will delay reams of civil suits in which the Church should be found guilty. You can bet they are hiring Ken Starr types to do what Ken Starr did for GM - destroy the evidence before Discovery papers can be filed.

Numbers, such as 8% of the clergy have practiced pedophilia, are suggested. This is not unreasonable considering to what extreme the church has gone to coverup the entire affair. The Dallas Morning News tried to get some numbers as to how large this problem was. The church stonewalled - as one does in damage control. So the paper got on phones seeking names of known pedophiles by simply calling parishes and dioceses. They quickly identified pedophiles in 40 states suggesting that the numbers are probably quite larger.

Notice no consequences for any top church management. This is not a wholesale confessions. They have only done what Nixon so tried to do with Watergate - keep the blame away from top people. Pretend to punish a few so as to quiet the public. Pedophilia is directly traceable to actions by top church management who, so far, have appeared lilly white. Wonder if there are any tape recording machines in the Cardinal's offices that the Supreme Court will have to rule on before they are pirated out of the country to Rome - for protection of the evidence?

06-17-2002, 12:09 AM	#4
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	When the church denied any child molestation was happening, at least 850 of their 60,000 people were transferred for the act. At least 4 American Bishops are guilty of child molesting. So the Bishops made a big show of acknowledging the problem and a big show of zero tolerance. Problem is the people who condoned it, advocated it, and openly protected child molesters are not subject to any punishment. At best, those accused and previously known to be guilty will be on restricted duty. The whole purpose of that Bishops conference is damage control. Only do what is necessary to deflect criticism. It is not a wholesale reform - just enough to be politically acceptable. No top management suffers any consequences for all but endorsing child molesting. In the meantime, the Church is taking extra measures to protect their assets from lawsuits. This conference will delay reams of civil suits in which the Church should be found guilty. You can bet they are hiring Ken Starr types to do what Ken Starr did for GM - destroy the evidence before Discovery papers can be filed. Numbers, such as 8% of the clergy have practiced pedophilia, are suggested. This is not unreasonable considering to what extreme the church has gone to coverup the entire affair. The Dallas Morning News tried to get some numbers as to how large this problem was. The church stonewalled - as one does in damage control. So the paper got on phones seeking names of known pedophiles by simply calling parishes and dioceses. They quickly identified pedophiles in 40 states suggesting that the numbers are probably quite larger. Notice no consequences for any top church management. This is not a wholesale confessions. They have only done what Nixon so tried to do with Watergate - keep the blame away from top people. Pretend to punish a few so as to quiet the public. Pedophilia is directly traceable to actions by top church management who, so far, have appeared lilly white. Wonder if there are any tape recording machines in the Cardinal's offices that the Supreme Court will have to rule on before they are pirated out of the country to Rome - for protection of the evidence?

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