(August 18, 2018 at 9:21 pm)Fireball Wrote: It's a sick situation. The RCC still has enough sway over the population that this shit persists, and the laity won't complain.
This is the part I can't grasp. The problem isn't just localized to a particular parish. It's embedded in the church's structure. I mean, it's pretty obvious given the lengths the church has gone through to shuffle priests around and otherwise obstruct justice. The rank and file should be demanding blood, not trying to convince themselves that not only is the problem small, but that their silence doesn't equal tacit approval of children being molested by powerful, hypocritical men.
This isn't me speaking as an atheist wanting to strike at organized religion. This is me speaking as a citizen of the US and wondering why justice isn't being carried out, and why there isn't a larger outcry. Because crimes - of the heinous, vicious, deplorable variety - have been committed. Surely that deserves some response by the every day folks who've hitched themselves to the RCC's wagon.
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
