Pope Denigrates Gays While Church Condemned for Sins of Hierarchy

Nazi Pope, Benedict XVI, continues to denigrate and malign LGBT individuals while the sex abuse scandal enabled and/or covered up by high clerics continues to breed lawsuits and condemnation. In his latest insult to gays, Benedict XVI equates saving humanity from gays with saving the rain forests and the environment. In my view, Benedict XVI and the hypocrisy, ignorance and intolerance he markets daily is a far bigger threat to humanity. Meanwhile the lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church continue to pile up as do reports showing that high church clerics perhaps deliberately failed to take meaningful steps to protect children from sexual molestation. First, some highlights from Reuters as to the latest foul talk emanating from the former Hitler Youth Pope:

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Pope Benedict said on Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. . . . The Catholic Church teaches that while homosexuality is not sinful, homosexual acts are. It opposes gay marriage and, in October, a leading Vatican official called homosexuality "a deviation, an irregularity, a wound." The pope said humanity needed to "listen to the language of creation" to understand the intended roles of man and woman. He compared behavior beyond traditional heterosexual relations as "a destruction of God's work."*

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Would that Benedict XVI put forth as much concern towards cleaning house of the offending bishops and cardinals who failed to protect children from sexual predator priests. One example comes from Ireland where lay groups are calling for the resignation of the Bishop of Cloyne, Dr John Magee, now that a government report has condemned the conduct of Magee. Given the past treatment of members of the hierarchy who failed to protect children and youths, Magee will probably be offered a plum position at the Vatican. Here are some highlights from the Irish Times:

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On Friday, the Bishop of Cloyne, Dr John Magee, apologised to victims of clerical abuse after an independent report found that his diocese had put children at risk of harm because of its inability to respond appropriately to abuse allegations. The report from the National Board for Safeguarding Children said: "Put simply, the responses of the diocese could be described as ill-advised, and too little, too late."

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Voice of the Faithful said Dr Magee's actions made him "wholly incompetent to discharge his apostolic and pastoral role of safeguarding their children. We therefore call upon him to resign this office immediately." The group called on Pope Benedict XVI to request the resignation of Dr Magee if he refused to go, and to investigate and explain to the parents of Catholic children why so many bishops all over the world had failed their people in the same way.

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Seán Ó Conaill, acting co-ordinator of Voice of the Faithful (Ireland) said it was not enough for another bishop to resign. "We must be sure that the next bishop of Cloyne, and every other bishop in the church, truly puts the needs of children before clergy. "Otherwise the horrific pain of abuse, and the disgracing of our church by too many of its bishops, will surely continue."

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the world the number of sex abuse claimants reaches 288 in Fairbanks, Alaska Diocese, further demonstrating the utter failure of Benedict's predecessors to give a damn about the welfare of children. Here are highlights from the Catholic Review:

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The number of people claiming to have been sexually abused by Catholic priests and other church workers in the Fairbanks Diocese over the past six decades more than doubled after the diocese filed for bankruptcy protection in March. The diocese said 288 people have made abuse claims against more than 40 individuals, with most of the cases relating to childhood sexual abuse.

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The Society of Jesus reportedly paid $50 million in 2007 to settle lawsuits filed by 110 Alaskans against 12 Jesuit priests and three other church workers, including Lundowski.The nation’s largest diocese geographically, Fairbanks covers more than 400,000 square miles.Other dioceses that have filed for bankruptcy to resolve clergy sex abuse claims are San Diego, Spokane, Wash., Davenport, Iowa, and the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore. Portland, Davenport and Spokane have emerged from bankruptcy.