RE: Even the UN hates the Vatican!
February 6, 2014 at 12:33 am
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2014 at 12:34 am by Darkstar.)
(February 5, 2014 at 11:38 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(February 5, 2014 at 11:08 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I'm not sure why they would cover it up in the first place.
They don't want to start a scandal. A scandal would really hurt the church. If a priest is going around molesting children and nobody knows about it except the priest and the kids, then all is fine for the church.
What really surprises me is that Minimalist hasn't piped up about it yet.
Everyone knows that it doesn't turn into a real scandal until there is a cover-up. If these priests were immediately dealt with, then the blame would land on them, and no one could accuse the church as a whole of sheltering child molesters and rapists. I sometimes see the argument made along the lines of "well, there are child molesters in other occupations too, so don't blame the church", which is always countered with "but the church didn't punish the pedophiles, and covered up their misdoings". The counterargument would be invalid without a cover-up.
Additionally, more child molestation and rape probably occurred due to the cover-up, because there was no legal deterrent to those who knew the church wouldn't expose them for molesting children.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
