Post by goz on Jun 13, 2019 1:39:00 GMT
What is disgraceful is the way the Catholic Church and now Catholic apologists like yourself covered up the evidence of these crimes for so many years so that it would be ore difficult for the victims who were mostly children at the time to be believed, and TEN claim that they are 'fake' claims.
but that aside for a moment... I doubt any decent person, Catholic or not, would cover up legitimate abuse unless they are quite corrupt. anyone with a conscience would not ignore that if they knew for certain some child/kid etc is being abused. those that do will be culpable before God for it as even if they did not directly take part in the abuse, if they cover it up, they are going to pay dearly for that.
so sure, it seems pretty safe to say there are cases of abuse that have happened in the Catholic church. but when it comes to giving someone jail time and other serious claims... you have to have some sort of proof otherwise the accused would be innocent by default as it's just the way things work. so sure, it sucks that things have been covered up but without proof, what can you really do? ; as without proof one has to be assumed innocent as it's just the way things work.
either way, even if some corrupt priests etc get away with the abuse in this life, they will pay severely for it in the next as they can't cheat God.
I doubt any decent person, Catholic or not, would cover up legitimate abuse unless they are quite corrupt. anyone with a conscience would not ignore that if they knew for certain some child/kid etc is being abused
...and yet the Catholic Church hierarchy did this consistently persistently and endemically to protect the reputation of a corrupt church.
either way, even if some corrupt priests etc get away with the abuse in this life, they will pay severely for it in the next as they can't cheat God.
Do you want to know the reason I get so angry about this?
It is because as an atheist who doesn't believe in the next life and God, in MY view they have got away with horrendous crimes against young people ( and some women) for decades and centuries scott free, due to this evil hypocritical criminal institution we call the Catholic Church.