Cardinal Brady "apologises" to abuse victim after BBC exposure

[Cyberman]

All this guff about biblical morality and instructions thereby are mostly an irrelevance, a smokescreen of red herrings - smoked herrings, if you will - except inasmuch as the people who are getting convicted of, and openly confessing to, these crimes purport to abide by such instructions and thus ought to be held to the higher standard of morality that they expect of everyone else. One would hope of course that justice would prevail, the justice of the legal system that should apply to us all and the only justice that bears any relevance to society. However the alleged actions of the accused priests in cases like this one are arguably at least as shocking as the actions of the Church itself in the face of such allegations.

From his own testimony, Brady was informed of the allegations way back in 1975, whereupon his first, and apparently sole, action was to inform his heirarchical superiors. Did he inform the police? Apparently not, and Brady does not deny it. Did he even inform the parents? He says not. Did his inaction prolong the suffering of the victim and lead to further abuse of other children? By his own words, yes.

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I repeat my original comment: if a schoolteacher had done this and some national school board had closed ranks and swept it under the carpet with all the other allegations, there would be hell to pay once word got out.

[Jaysyn]

especially when the child comes out and just says

This is another phenomenom that I have found interesting in thise type of crimes. A child is a minor and not allowed to enter into contracts, their word is not accepted in most cases in a court of law and on it goes YET when they say a crime was commited against them then these same children become infallible and wiser than Einstein.

I was right, you are one of those scumbag, shit eating motherfuckers who'd blame children for the predations of priests.

You are a disgusting excuse for a human being & I'm glad you are gone.

[Minimalist]

A false standard that has been created to abuse families who do not do what secular people want and to criminalize innocent people who did nothing wrong.

So now you are defending child molesters, Arch? Really.....that's low even by your biblical standards.

[everythingafter]

It would be unfair to believers to admit people into heaven who only lived a good life and still practiced sin while they repented from their sins and obeyed the teachings of the bible.

So are you saying that there are no true Christians who do not commit sin on a daily basis? I thought "everyone" falls short of the glory of God and that God was faithful and just to forgive believers of their sins. You are right; it is potentially unfair from the Christian view, but this is exactly the inconsistency that believers must try to square. Christians come to the altar every week to confess their sins and ask forgiveness. Non-believers aren't the only sinners according to doctrine. I don't know what doctrine you follow, but the one I grew up with says that believers are sinners too; they are just sinners who happen to believe in Jesus's power to forgive them of their sins. So, right before a believer dies does he have to quickly go into prayer and ask forgiveness for any other sins he may have committed on his last day on earth or else not get into heaven?