(June 16, 2015 at 11:39 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(June 16, 2015 at 11:18 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Like I said, the people who protected these molesters are just as much at fault. The Church does not condone this.
And yet, the church hierarchy has and does protect the perpetrators at the expense of the victims.
How's that dissonance?
There have been people in the Church who have covered it up, yes. Those people did wrong and were definitely not acting on Church teaching.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
