Originally Posted by
Quarterpoundher
Here Here Westside,
Mucker, West is not harking back to some far bygone day or era, and if you think the church has reformed itself, then I pray you never leave a child of yours alone in the company of a priest, Yes it is for some baffling and heartbreaking reason a fact that Children are more likely to be abused by a relation, but the Universe difference is that, as terrible as that is, it was done by an individual, where as a case of clerical abuse, up until very recently at least, involved
A: The actual offending Priest
B: The entire church apparatus, in covering it up.
The existence of point B in this, changes everything.
They actively conspired in at the very least the cover up, if not the actual event, they totally and utterly ignored what should be the absolute priority here, the Children, but instead, and to this day, are using church funds (which are huge) to battle it out in courts far and wide, sending offenders to “retreats” instead of marching them down to the nearest Guarda station. They actually have an insurance policy in place now for off setting the financial costs to themselves of any future events like these arising, which they will because they have done next to nothing to try and change the mindset of their Org.
They should have done what God himself did, and cast Lucifer for heaven when he transgressed. I don't know what he did to warrant eviction from the big brother house, but it couldn’t have been worse then what some priest's have done, and yet they were provided shelter instead of banishment. I have no doubt that if there is hell, those that facilitated their actions will have a particularly warm corner reserved just for them.
To this day a Priest is treated differently by the state then a joe bloggs offender when it comes to light.
I personally believe that there are no Pedophile Priests….there are only Pedophiles who became Priests…
Why…… Look at what the Priesthood offers to a prospective peado, they are supplied with everything they could possibly want,
A position of trust in the community.
Unimpeded access to children
A free house to engage in such activities
And in the event of being uncovered, an organization veiled in secrecy, and committed to covering up at all costs, and which proved itself very adept at doing so, they could only have done so, on so many occasions, by having an organized and well thought out plan for dealing with this when and where it arose, so by definition there was a conspiracy of substantial magnitude to put the church first and anyone else affected was just their tough luck, I don't see that rule written anywhere in the Bible...
They must pinch themselves for such a set of circumstances to exist.
Up until very recently a Priests word was law, I remember my Father telling me that the only time he saw my Grandfather literally shake with fear was when he saw a Priest round the corner onto our driveway, and that effect on him up lasted untill his death. He was in the old IRA, and lived and worked in his bare feet into his twenties, used to think nothing of walking 30 miles to play a match with no boots and back, he was as hard as nails, but shook on site of a Priest, that gives some indication of there level of power and control over this Island that they once enjoyed, and I for one rejoice in the loss of influence they now have, I just wish it was not arrived at from such horrendous suffering of the most innocent amongst us.
It is imperative that we are ruled by only the laws of Man (they are not perfect, but at least transparent), and not the laws of any particular faith, because if the powers brokers of that faith are found to be corrupt, or at the very least inept, there’s no recourse to getting rid of them at the next election, they are the ultimate boys club on the Planet and have proven themselves unworthy of our worship in this area. Practice your faith by all means, but put that faith in a higher power, do not invest it in the Human “caretakers” of that Faith…You will be left down…