Hello, New To Forum, Hope I Don't Get Banned

[Blackrook]

So how do you feel about the pope covering up for pedophile priests?

Is he infallible then?

Well, I'm not here to defend the Pope and I'm not here to defend the doctrine of infallibility, or any Catholic doctrine.

I was hoping people would realize that by my original post.

I can't explain any of it really.

The problem is, that pedophiles are very common and they deliberately go into professions where they will have access to young people.

So you have pedophile priests, pedophile youth pastors, pedophile Boy Scout masters, pedophile teachers, pedophile coaches, pedophile step-fathers, etc.

But the Catholic Church is unique among churches in that it has almost unlimited assets to pay a lawsuit.

So the personal injury lawyers targeted the Catholic Church and made what is a widespread societal problem seem like a uniquely Catholic problem.

And the media, which is stridently anti-Catholic, played it all up and made things seem even worse.

The fact is, everyone, everywhere, in churches, schools, youth groups, and sports teams, were not adequately dealing with the pedophile problem. The typical response was to keep it all a secret and transfer the accused man somewhere else.

And I had a client, a national sports organization, that did the exact same thing. There was an environment where it was well known that some coaches were engaging in inappropriate relationships with minors and this was tolerated. But they only have $10 million in assets so how far can this lawsuit go?

But all these explanations don't help me at all.

My Catholic faith was based on the notion that the Church was God's instrument in this world. I held the Church to higher standards than the rest of the world. To learn that so much sin and corruption within the ranks of the priesthood was tolerated has really blown me away.

So anyway, if you respond to me with mockery, you will renew my opinion that atheists are nothing but simple-minded morons who can't really debate their way out of a brown paper bag.

Anyway, that's what I've observed from atheists at the political forum I usually spend time at.

I am hoping for something better from you guys. If I don't get it here, I'll go elsewhere.