The Catholic Church's latest sexual abuse scandals look like they may be about to take a large financial toll - Irish sex abuse victims alone are seeking over $1 billion in damages from the Church. And as has been shown time and time again, nothing is more important to the Church than power and money. Indeed, huge monetary damages seem to be the only thing that gets the attention of the Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI has recently disngenuously decried the sexual abuse of minors, even though he was long in a position to stop it yet for decades he did nothing. Indeed, both he and his predecessor, John Paul II, knew of the abuse crisis and both apparently did nothing. These men and the rest of the Church hierarchy cared nothing for state criminal statutes against the sexual abuse of minors and even less for the ruined lives of victims. I still cannot grasp how anyone could be so callous and uncaring. Meanwhile, these same morally bankrupt clerics condemn normal gays who seek to live their lives as God made them. Here are some highlights from BeliefNet: *
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Irish victims of clerical sex abuse have asked Pope Benedict XVI for over $1.37 billion in compensation, in a letter that the head of Ireland's Catholic Church will hand-deliver to the pope next week. Cardinal Sean Brady received the letter from representatives of sex abuse victims on Monday (Feb. 8), according to a report in the Irish Independent.
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The letter also requests a meeting with Benedict during his forthcoming visit to Britain, expected to take place in September. Bishop John McAreavey of Dromore said the pope will receive the letter when he meets with Irish bishops next Monday and Tuesday, reportedly to discuss last November's Murphy Commission report. That report traced a pattern of clerical physical and sexual abuse over three decades, from 1975-2004, which had been covered up by the Archdiocese of Dublin. . . .Four Irish bishops have already resigned as a consequence of the Murphy Commission's revelations.
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VATICAN CITY (RNS) Irish victims of clerical sex abuse have asked Pope Benedict XVI for over $1.37 billion in compensation, in a letter that the head of Ireland's Catholic Church will hand-deliver to the pope next week. Cardinal Sean Brady received the letter from representatives of sex abuse victims on Monday (Feb. 8), according to a report in the Irish Independent.
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The letter also requests a meeting with Benedict during his forthcoming visit to Britain, expected to take place in September. Bishop John McAreavey of Dromore said the pope will receive the letter when he meets with Irish bishops next Monday and Tuesday, reportedly to discuss last November's Murphy Commission report. That report traced a pattern of clerical physical and sexual abuse over three decades, from 1975-2004, which had been covered up by the Archdiocese of Dublin. . . .Four Irish bishops have already resigned as a consequence of the Murphy Commission's revelations.
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If anyone is "inherently disordered" it would seem to be Benedict XVI and the other bitter old queens amongst the Church hierarchy. I believe I speak for most gays when I say we'd never countenance such vile abuse of children and youth.
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