Damned Catholics

[Minimalist]

Oh, right....

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/13/fe...ce-policy/

Fearing a genocide of Christians, the Vatican has given its approval to US military air strikes in Iraq — a rare exception to its policy of peaceful conflict resolution.

Because fucking jesus said:

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also call in the F-18's and clusterbomb the motherfucker.

Amen.

[FatAndFaithless]

a rare exception to its policy of peaceful conflict resolution.

Bull fucking shit.

[Minimalist]

Back to the now more-or-less standard catholic 'molest the children until you get caught' story.

http://www.theinquiry.ca/wordpress/charg...d-article/

QUEBEC CITY – A Catholic order has agreed to pay $20 million to at least 100 former students molested by priests between 1960 and 1987.

Nine priests were accused of abusing children at Saint-Alphonse college east of Quebec City. Some of the priests have since died.

The college is associated with the internationally revered shrine at the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre Basilica, located northeast of the city.

A lawyer for the Redemptorist order at the centre of the scandal confirmed the cash settlement Tuesday.

Last month the Catholic group lost a class action lawsuit filed by former students.

[Minimalist]

There are no so blind as those who will not see.....


http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/.../14510373/

Public scandal surrounding priest molestation cases in the mid-1980s struck the Diocese of Lafayette at a time when it was woefully ill-prepared to deal with it.

But court papers reviewed by The Daily Advertiser in recent weeks suggest diocesan leaders should have seen trouble coming years earlier.

Those papers were made known recently after Minnesota Public Radio investigated sex abuse in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, uncovering a wealth of documents about numerous priests in the Diocese of Lafayette who had been accused of sexual misconduct since the 1950s. The link between the dioceses — what led MPR to the court files stored in Texas — was Bishop Harry Flynn, who served in both dioceses.

Or, in this case, those with a compelling need to cover things up.

[Minimalist]

Back in the news.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...years.html

Gym teacher at top New York Catholic school 'had affairs with her male students for years and Athletic Director covered up the sex scandal'

Still big into cover-ups.

[Minimalist]

Naturally, the fucking catholics have to stick their noses into a family tragedy.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2014090...4302c.html

The mother, Virginia Trask, originally agreed to the do-not-resuscitate order. At one point, the infant was removed from life support and placed in her arms to die, then opened her eyes and began breathing.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine and Christian Civic League of Maine are joining the Alliance Defending Freedom, an Arizona-based conservative legal group, in supporting the 18-year-old mother's request to lift the judge-approved order.

[*Deidre*]

It is true however, that other denominations are just as guilty of this type of crime as the RCC. BUT...the irony of the RCC, is that 'she' tends to take the moral high ground, placing herself above all others...

It's a very far fall off of that white horse of superiority.

[Minimalist]

That is always the problem with these child-raping motherfuckers.


As Dan Savage told Bill Maher in the first two minutes or so of this clip.

[Diablo]

Vid doesn't work for me.

[Diablo]

How about this for breath-taking hypocrisy:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26448075

Quote:

Pope Francis has strongly defended the Roman Catholic Church's record on tackling sexual abuse by priests.

In a rare interview with an Italian newspaper, the Pope said "no-one else has done more" to root out paedophilia.

He said the Church had acted with transparency and responsibility, yet it was the only institution to have been attacked.

Last month, the UN strongly criticised the Vatican for failing to stamp out child abuse and for allowing cover-ups.
'Shocking' statistics

In his interview with Corriere della Sera published on Wednesday, Pope Francis said: "The Catholic Church is perhaps the only public institution to have acted with transparency and responsibility.

"No-one else has done more. Yet the Church is the only one to have been attacked."