"No, not curiouser and curiouser. Clearer and clearer that the head of the church is directly responsible for the rape and torture of children."
That isn't calling the Pope a rapist or a torturer, it is putting the blame on him because he was directly responsible, by covering up the abuse and moving the bishops who did the crimes into other positions where they were able to rape and torture again.
If your friend comes to you and says they have murdered people, and instead of turning them in, you make attempts to hide them, and in doing so allow them to murder people again, you are directly responsible, since you protected them in the first place.
Hitchens wasn't calling the Pope a rapist, nor was he saying the Pope was directly responsible for the actions of the priests who first raped children. What he is saying is that by protecting those priests, and putting them in a situation where they could rape again, the Pope is guilty and directly responsible for those rapes.
That isn't calling the Pope a rapist or a torturer, it is putting the blame on him because he was directly responsible, by covering up the abuse and moving the bishops who did the crimes into other positions where they were able to rape and torture again.
If your friend comes to you and says they have murdered people, and instead of turning them in, you make attempts to hide them, and in doing so allow them to murder people again, you are directly responsible, since you protected them in the first place.
Hitchens wasn't calling the Pope a rapist, nor was he saying the Pope was directly responsible for the actions of the priests who first raped children. What he is saying is that by protecting those priests, and putting them in a situation where they could rape again, the Pope is guilty and directly responsible for those rapes.
