Damned Catholics

[Minimalist]

Different 'pope' but the same old bullshit from these pious fucks.

http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/crim...wrdpgOxTN/

Priest sues diocese, claiming it punished him for reporting sex abuse

WEST PALM BEACH —
A former priest at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church on Wednesday sued the Diocese of Palm Beach, claiming it punished him for exposing a pedophile priest rather than covering it up as they wanted.
The lawsuit, filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, accuses the diocese and Bishop Gerald Barbarito of defaming the Rev. John Gallagher. The 49-year-old priest pointed to a statement posted last year on the diocesan website that said Gallagher was “blatantly lying” and “in need of professional assistance” for claiming church leaders urged him not to tell police a visiting priest in January 2015 had shown pornographic pictures to a 14-year-old youth at the suburban West Palm Beach church.
“Today is a sad day,” said Gallagher, who was wearing a clerical collar at a morning press conference. “Thirty years of my life has been destroyed by the Roman church.”
His attorney, Ted Babbitt, said his treatment is especially heinous because the Catholic Church under the leadership of Pope Francis has pledged to vigorously root out priests accused of sex offenses.

Not heinous, man.  Really just par for the course.

[vorlon13]

might save data storage space here at  AF if in future we only have threads when the catholic church does the RIGHT thing



Additionally, sounds like another missed opportunity for a RICO prosecution.

[Minimalist]

What fun is that?

[Fake Messiah]

Priest tells anti-Trump protesters to commit suicide

The pastor of a largely immigrant Catholic church in Queens has a suggestion for his anti-Trump parishioners: Go take a flying leap off the nearest building.

“Show your hate for Trump. Do it for social justice. #JumpAgainstTrump,”



http://nypost.com/2017/01/30/priest-tell...t-suicide/

[Redoubtable]

Not heinous, man.  Really just par for the course.

The bottom line is..the Church is protecting the bottom line. They have shown they will do anything to prevent exposure that leads to them having to fork over millions upon millions of dollars in settlements in abuse cases.

The state is not nearly hard enough on the church and it upsets me a great deal. The Catholic Church isn't just like any local independent church. Each parish, each diocese is a tentacle of the Vatican, a sovereign state. They get their marching orders from this sovereign state and enforce them in every country they reside in, technically speaking in the eyes of the Church the Pope is ultimately in charge of all of the properties owned by various parishes and dioceses and has immediate authority over every priest and bishop in the Church. I think the Vatican ought to be held to account in many of these cases where rules laid down by the Vatican have resulted in abuse.

[Minimalist]

Pious pigs.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/shocking...-revealed/

‘Shocking’ scale of Catholic Church sex crimes revealed

About seven percent of Catholic priests in Australia were accused of sexually abusing children  between 1950 and 2010 , but few allegations were investigated, an inquiry in Sydney has heard.

[Cecelia]

Student at Catholic School writes racist essay:

http://www.wbrz.com/news/catholic-hs-res...tory-month

All the apostles apparently were white, in a predominantly middle eastern country. Talk about miracles!

[Minimalist]

Louisiana.  What would you expect?

[Minimalist]

I still don't like him any better.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/...-catholic/

Pope Francis suggests 'better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic'

"There are those who say 'I am very Catholic, I always go to Mass, I belong to this and that association'," the head of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church said, according to a Vatican Radio transcript.

He said that some of these people should also say "'my life is not Christian, I don't pay my employees proper salaries, I exploit people, I do dirty business, I launder money, (I lead) a double life'."

It isn't only catholicks who are full of shit.  All religious assholes are guilty of that.

[brewer]

Student at Catholic School writes racist essay:

http://www.wbrz.com/news/catholic-hs-res...tory-month

All the apostles apparently were white, in a predominantly middle eastern country.  Talk about miracles!

Wow. That's just fucked up.