Catholic Bishops Fight Anti-Gay Jihad to Distract From Continued Sex Abuse Scandal Stories

I've noted a number of times how the Roman Catholic bishops seem to escalate their anti-gay jihad every time new stories break about the still growing worldwide sex abuse scandal that is effecting nearly every continent on the globe. The head of the Manchester New Hampshire Diocese has endorsed same sex marriage repeal effort in that state while the head of the Hartford Connecticut Archdiocese is come out in support of a quasi-"ex-gay" program that seeks to have gays remain celibate (he doesn't indicate whether such celibacy is as discretionary as appears to be the case among the Catholic priesthood). Meanwhile, the sex scandals surrounding the Catholic Church continue unabated. Here are a few stories turned up today by my Google search agent:

Dutch Conservative Parties Called for Resignations of Catholic Bishops: Things in the Netherlands continue to be in a free fall in the wake of reports that have revealed tens of thousands of children and youths were sexually abused in Catholic institutions. Now two conservative parties are calling for the resignation of Catholic bishops implicated in the report. Here are details from the National Post:

Two leading politicians in the Netherlands, both from conservative parties, have called for the resignations of Catholic bishops in the wake of a damning report on sexual abuse in the Dutch church.

The country’s prime minister, Mark Rutte, also announced that his cabinet is considering lifting a statute of limitations to allow criminal prosecutions. A complaint has already been filed with the public prosecutor’s office against a former bishop of the Rotterdam diocese, Philippe Bär. An attorney representing alleged victims has charged Bär with covering up abuse during his tenure from 1983 to 1993.

Released on Dec. 16, the report found that somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 Dutch children suffered abuse by Catholic personnel, ranging from unwanted sexual advances to rape, during the period of 1945 to 2010. A commission sponsored by the Catholic bishops and religious orders of Holland produced the report.

On Dec. 17, Holland’s deputy prime minister, Maxime Verhagen, himself a Catholic, said the church has been “profoundly damaged,” and bishops should consider resigning. Verhagen is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal Party, a center-right faction seen as friendly to the church.

Twelve days later, the leader of the Reformed Political Party, another conservative faction of Calvinist origins, argued on national television that a Catholic bishop should resign. Doing so, said Kees van der Staaij, would “send out a strong signal about how seriously the church takes the issue.”

US Catholic Bishop Resigns After Admitting To Fathering Two Children: As I noted above, celibacy is being urged for gays. Too bad the priesthood doesn't conform to what it is preaching to others. Gabino Zavala, the Auxiliary Bishop for Los Angeles is a case in point. Zavala has resigned in the wake of his admission that he fathered two children. Here are highlights from RTT News:

The Vatican announced Wednesday that Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Gabino Zavala, the Auxiliary Bishop for the San Gabriel Pastoral Region of Los Angeles who had earlier admitted to having fathered two children.

"The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the post of Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Gabino Zavala," the Vatican said in a stateme

Meanwhile, Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez announced the "sad and difficult" news in a letter to Catholics in the archdiocese. Gomez said that Zavala had informed him in "early December that he is the father of two teenage children who live with their mother in another state."

The development comes amid damages caused to reputation of the Catholic Church in several countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, the Irish Republic and the United States, following sexual abuse scandals involving the clergy.

Canadian bishop gets 15 months in jail in child pornography case: In Canada yet another demonstration of the hypocrisy of the Church hierarchy was provided by the by Bishop Raymond Lahey who spent 15 moths in Jail for his child porn conviction. The Washington Post has details and here are a few highlights:

A Canadian Roman Catholic bishop who admitted he was addicted to looking at child pornography left court Wednesday a free man after being credited for time served in his 15 month sentence.

Bishop Raymond Lahey was arrested at the Ottawa airport in 2009 after customs authorities found almost 600 pornographic photos of young teen boys on his laptop and a handheld device. Some of the porn involved adolescent boys engaged in sex acts while wearing a crucifix and rosary beads.

The case was especially shocking to Canadians because Lahey had overseen a multimillion-dollar settlement for clerical sexual abuse victims in his diocese before he was charged.

Ontario Court Justice Kent Kirkland on Wednesday gave Lahey two-for-one credit for the time he served and two years probation. . . . Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Wednesday that the Vatican had said that once the criminal court case was concluded, church authorities would consider which church law measures to take. Lombardi said it wasn’t known when that decision would be taken but that he expected it would be made public.

After Lahey pleaded guilty, the Vatican said the church would impose its own disciplinary measures against him but did not elaborate.

Mind you that these three stories are just from today's search agent results. That's right, a single day's results. The picture revealed virtually everyday is not much different. As I have asked many times, why does anyone listen to anything the Catholic hierarchy has to say on anything? These men on the whole are beyond morally bankrupt and many rightfully belong behind bars. Yet the mindless idiots in the pews continue to kiss their asses and financially subsidize their organized crime like enterprise. I simple cannot grasp the mindset of the laity who are accomplices to these crimes whether they like to admit it or not.