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Re: The Pope Covered Up Pedophile Priests
Old 03-25-2010, 11:37 AM   #1
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This has been a long time coming. Even late last year there was significant criticism pointed at the Pope for not intervening in Ireland when they specifically asked for help.

I don't think Catholicism is corrupt, so much as Catholic tendencies lead to corruption. It's unfortunate, but I think it may become necessary to do personality testing and background checks on new Priests. As much as you'd like to think they choose such a difficult path to bring religion to others, many choose it because it is an easy way to gain both prestige and access to victims.

I also think this would never have happened under Pope John Paul II. Benedict is exactly the sort of Pope the Catholic church doesn't need. He's completely set in his ways and has shown no ability to adapt the church to fit in the 21st century.
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Old 03-25-2010, 11:50 AM   #2
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This is quite litrally a top-down problem, with no fault put to 99.9% of Catholics, but all falling on the church itself. The Catholic Church believes that it is not beholden to any secular laws of any nation where it teaches, and is only beholden to their own dogma. Quite literally, the church covers up these things because they don't feel it's anyone's business but their own.

Meanwhile, the church's civilian population must follow the laws of the nation where they live, AND live by Catholic dogma (to be considered a "good" Catholic.

This kind of separation of rule/double standard is bound to create such corruption and scandal.
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