Pope Benedict this Palm Sunday dismissed the “petty gossip” of the allegations during his homily. The recent scandal rocking the Catholic Church involves a Wisconsin Priest who raped over 200 deaf boys and had his case dismissed by Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger). Could the Pope possibly minimize the grotesque nature of child rape even more? The Church has been more concerned with covering it’s own backside than it is with solving the widespread problem of child rape in the priesthood. It is much more concerned with it’s public image than it is concerned with admitting faults and making amends with the victims.
Tag Archive: rape
Catholic Church excommunicates 9 year old rape victim
Last March we heard about a Brazilian child who after being raped by her stepfather conceived twins at the age of 9 years old. Obviously she and her family decided to abort the babies considering her age and the danger of childbirth at such a young age, (and the circumstance of rape). Because of this decision, the Catholic church responded by excommunicating the child,.. read on…
Catholic priest gives altar boy ‘anatomy lesson’
Irish Catholic priest Fr. Gannon, a repeat child sex offender is on trial for sexually mollesting an 11 year old boy in the 1960s. Gannon alledgedly assulted the boy 3 times, once in the rectory when the child appeared for altar boy duties. He told the youngster that he was giving him an anatomy lesson …
Worst Catholic Logo Ever?
One imagines that this 1973 design for the Catholic Church’s Archdiocesan Youth Commission would not make the cut today.. for obvious reasons.
Do Not Turn Jesus On!
How naive do you have to be to design this item?!? Sometimes I think religious people encase themselves in such a thick taboo bubble that they cannot see things as they are. Seriously…
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