The Vatican appears in need of a serious media consultant. Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the UN, has issued a defense that boils down to insisting that implicated priests were not pedophiles but homosexuals who liked young boys — and besides no more than five percent of priests had sex with children . . . and Jews and Protestants do it more.
Tomasi made his confrontational statement following a meeting of the UN human rights council in Geneva, insisting only 1.5%-5% of Catholic clergy were involved in child sex abuse. Tomasi seems to think that the faithful can rest assured that the likelihood that the priest will sexually assault your child is only 5 out of every 100 priests. Those are odds that are viewed as more than adequate in Vegas.
He also insisted that it is more likely that your child will be abused by Protestant or Jewish religious leaders — making the Catholic Church a virtual safe zone if you are going on purely the average likelihood of a rape. That could lead to a new campaign: “Go Catholic: We are Statistically Less Likely to Rape Your Child.”
Besides, Tomasi insisted “[o]f all priests involved in the abuses, 80 to 90% belong to this sexual orientation minority which is sexually engaged with adolescent boys between the ages of 11 and 17.” He insisted most of the accused priests are homosexuals who simply liked younger partners.
The angry response came after Keith Porteous Wood of the International Humanist and Ethical Union accused the Church of covering up child abuse and being in breach of several articles under the Convention on the Rights of the Child: “The many thousands of victims of abuse deserve the international community to hold the Vatican to account, something it has been unwilling to do, so far. Both states and children’s organizations must unite to pressure the Vatican to open its files, change its procedures worldwide, and report suspected abusers to civil authorities.”
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Buddha is my ass- master? Your “shameless” suck-up to buddha is embarrasing AY, get ahold of yourself..
CEJ,
Thank you. And if memory serves me correctly, there were 2 houses or places of rehabilitation that the repentant priest was to go. One of them was in Arizona and the second in New Jersey.
The one that got to me was the priest that got into a whole lot of trouble and they change the name of the priest and then placed them back out in active service.
Some of them were to serve the rest of there lives in communion with nature as opposed to active roles in the priesthood.
You bring up the money, that is standard operating procedure. If you are not aware the RCC controls the European Commodity Market. The Church’s possession have no value. I kid you not and the Bishops that put the Diocese into the black make cardinals.
It is the money makers that raise through the ranks. Oh you said that. Sorry.
CEJ, does the word “bigot”, strike a chord with you?
AY,
Thank-you you were right to correct me; not all orders require the vow of poverty. Although the RCC does want all the clergy to follow a simple way of life. (Cannon 282)
I was just expressing my cynicism as I believe a lot of the RCC obstruction and denial is not merely about refusal to admit the truth/harm of what they have done to so many, but also stems from their unwillingness to compensate all the victims with monetary awards. They also desire to hold on to the money making members of the machine (even a bad priest can still generate a lot of dough). Hence their MO: deny, discredit and attack their accusers (this is especially heinous), delay, stall, minimize any admissions of guilt, and settle out of court only when absolutely necessary.
All the while knowing the charges were true and the perpetrators were on to the next victims. Truly despicable!
Folks I had to delete a couple of entries in this thread. Please remember our civility rule and end the personal stuff. To use an English term, “it is fouling the footpath.”
AY, no hard feelins’ we’re just postin’ readin” and havin’ fun.
When Billy gets let out of his cage, he can very ably defend himself. GRRRRROOOOOOOOWL!!!!!
billy,
Gyges, your “hypervigilant” attorney friend AY, “flares” up like a little tartar. She resorts to serious name calling and the use of profanity, at the drop of a hat! I assume she is intelligent and can articulate herself in a mature and professional manner. If she can’t she should be placed on “probation” if nothing else…
billy,
AY, you “need something”, to cool the fever in your blood..
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Oh, baby, you excite me with your manly man words. Your verbosity excites me like no other, roooar…..
AY, you “need something”, to cool the fever in your blood..
Gyges, your “hypervigilant” attorney friend AY, “flares” up like a little tartar. She resorts to serious name calling and the use of profanity, at the drop of a hat! I assume she is intelligent and can articulate herself in a mature and professional manner. If she can’t she should be placed on “probation” if nothing else…
Sorry Gyges, I was just toying….toiling, tooling, lubing, probing.
AY, Billy,
In the spirit of civility: please either start playing nice or shut up.
This is as far from the standard of intelligent and civil discussion we that comment here try and hold ourselves to as you can get.
All you are doing is sticking your tongues out at each other and saying “neener neener neener.” It’s an annoyance to others, a waste of your time, and against our host’s often expressed wishes.
I never did, how bout yourself…
billy,
surely you jest? these were only known bi you?
billy,
when did you take your vows?
Prior to “plagiarizing” this information for yourself AY, I already illustrated this point. Prior to you “rifling” through a search engine, these were “intelligences” that were unknown to you, but already known by me…
AY, all you did was amplify my prior posts, based upon what you hurriedly gleaned from the internet. Give it up!
hey buddha, where is he?
billy 1, October 2, 2009 at 3:43 pm
They wil be serving “snow-cones” in hell before a “simpleton” like you AY, gets the drop on me…
Top it lil billie, you slay me with your wit, you are so smart. ohh ohh.
Billy,
Really, someone using an outside source is a bad thing? Now if it’s a direct quote, he should cite where it’s from, but in general, around here we call that “providing evidence to support our claims.”
Ay, based upon your caustic wit and potty mouth, you appear to be “morphing” into your buddy, buddha..