Catholic Church
Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes: The Catholic Church's 2,000 Year Paper Trail of Sexual Abuse
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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops convened a meeting in Dallas on June 12, 2002 to address the sex abuse scandal. However a Dallas Morning News article revealed nearly two-thirds of the bishops attending had themselves at one point covered for sexually abusive priests
Roman Catholics spent $615 million dollars on sex abuse cases in 2007
Do you think that things will ever change in the Catholic Church??? Do you think in the future the Vatican will start allowing priest to marry?
Do you know what I've had a problem with on this scandal? Why did the parents accept monetary payoffs, instead of insisting on criminal justice? I think this is the bigger scandal.
April 23, 2010 on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow - via www.AtheistMedia.com
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I don't know macker, maybe you should start your own question since you don't seem to have an answer for mine.
That happened in Ireland, which means no court is going to go against the Catholic church. You won't see a case against pedophile priests in Ireland, either.
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What did Clergy men do? What is the Shattering?
I already know about the Dark ages its just that I need to know what did the Catholic Church corrupt or abuse in the time of the dark ages.
Let's first clarify that the "the Dark Ages" refers to the early Medieval period, and the term was probably coined by secular humanist historians (like Petrarch) because of the lack of Latin literature and contemporary written history from this time. Thus, they viewed it as a period partly "in the dark."
Later, Protestant reformers began to propagandize that the Middles Ages were a time of darkness for another reason - corruption in the Church. Although there were some practices that needed reform (mainly a wealthy and indulgent clergy) the Church was (and still is) the voice of Christ on Earth, and her dogma needed no revision.
Now in this century we have modern revisionist historians who claim these times were "dark" because people were uneducated, dirty and diseased and just plain miserable living under a so-called oppressive Church.
But it is in the Middle Ages that the light of Christianity shone on pagan Europe. During this time the monasteries grew and thrived and contributed a wealth of information on science, history, botany and philosophy. The monks were also responsible for the preservation of the body of Greco-Roman literature we have today and take for granted.
Poetry and art flourished, as did major architectural achievements.
The Dark Ages could also be called "The Age of Faith." The flowering of Christianity brought hope and meaning to the lives of millions and the social kingship of Christ was close to being realized.
Peace be to you all+
The victims of the catholic church sex abuse scandal were keeping quiet for many years. I don't know the year it all started when someone decided to put an end to keeping "the secret". I am proud of the person who finally made this brave step forward. Everyone knows in their hearts, this abuse was happening for years and years, and I am not just talking about 20-30. I am talking 100's of years. Being forced into silence or feeling blame. Those in this church who committed this crime will pay the ultimate price.
Do you mean the gay men with greedy lawyers?
The real question would be:
What is the number of charges compared with the number of convictions.
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How high can you stack the firewood? Public school teachers in New York City rape little kids at a rate 100% more than all clergy and you never hear any outcry. Witch hunts are so much more fun.
I'm glad they caught them. Serious reforms were the result. Until the public school systems adopts similar reforms, they will continue to rape our children.
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