Catholic Position On Reporting Abuse

[Thumpalumpacus]

This is what passes for moral leadership in the Catholic world. The Vicar of Christ has determined that the molestation of children by his appointed priests is something to be shielded from the people who would stop it.

[Cecelia]

The response from Catholics is pretty mixed. One Catholic I know basically said "Well most of the kids are just making it up for attention."

If I went to church, and one of my kids was abused by a priest, the Catholic Church would have to worry about reporting something else altogether -- a missing persons report. Because I'd take the priest, tie them up in my basement, and leave them to die.

[Minimalist]

You have to have a master's degree in self-delusion to even be a catholic today.

[Minimalist]

Squeeze their balls till they scream!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local...story.html

A decade after defrocked Roman Catholic priest Daniel McCormack was arrested for molesting children at his West Side church, a Cook County judge has ruled that victims abused by McCormack after September 2000 can seek punitive damages against the Chicago Archdiocese if their lawsuits go to trial.

In a six-page ruling issued Tuesday, Cook County Circuit Judge Clare McWilliams wrote that it was reasonably likely that victims' lawyers could prove to a jury that by ordaining McCormack and assigning him to parishes, the archdiocese acted with "utter disregard" and therefore deserves to be punished.

The church is beyond shame. The only thing that hurts them is hitting their wallets.

[Brakeman]

Hmmm.. Where are the board's catlicks? They seem quiet on the issue..

[vorlon13]

An elderly family friend scoffed at abuse reports till he passed away a few years ago. He was an altar boy and nothing ever happened to him.


I think we all see the flaw in his logic . . . .

[Minimalist]

Hmmm.. Where are the board's catlicks? They seem quiet on the issue..

Sooner or later one will drop by with the "it's only a small percentage" horseshit.

[vorlon13]

Hmmm.. Where are the board's catlicks? They seem quiet on the issue..

Sooner or later one will drop by with the "it's only a small percentage" horseshit.

So a kid buggered by a priest has actually won the equivalent of a lottery ?

[Ivan Denisovich]

Honestly, who was surprised by that move? It is exactly such shit that I expect from the church.

[robvalue]

This goes way beyond "it's a few rotten apples". This is an admission that the whole framework is corrupt. I'm really surprised they made this so clear. This is telling people that they will ignore the law, and ignore their responsibility to look after the wellbeing of children trusted in their care, and leave it up to the traumatised child to have the guts to say something about it.

Absolutely fucking disgusting. How anyone could continue to support this criminal organisation, by word or by cash, is beyond me. And if you take your kids into this environment...