Quote from the John Jay Report:
No. I am happy to deal with the facts, all the facts.
Can you provide a link to the “audit” to which you refer?
I will try to find one. I know for a fact our Diocese was audited by an independent auditer and all priest personnel files going back were turned over to them.
No doubt this problem was way over their heads. That is why they needed to turn it over to the police and let them sort it out. Anything less would be–you guessed it–a coverup!!!
Given the above statistics they show that it was less of a coverup and more of a confusion. Study the John Jay Report. It is quite revealing. Quite different than I have seen the media report. Also, look at the numbers of sexual abuse in the family. There seems to be a much bigger problem there. And look at the numbers that were reported over 20 years later.
The church is making anti-Catholic news. The media is simply reporting it. Imagine for a moment that you had a little boy. Imagine that a priest, someone you held dear to your heart, a man of God and a friend and confidant raped and sodomized your little boy. What would you like to see happen? Just curious.
OMG!!! Confusion you say!!! I wonder what the victims would say if you called their rape a matter a confusion? What is exactly confusing about it? Gee, I’m confused, should I contact the police about this rape or not?
Nope! The Catholic Church is making news. All kinds of news. Some good and some bad. The press is exploiting the bad news to further its anti-Catholic agenda.
First of all not all of these were rape. Some were fondling or touching. Let’s not categorize all of them the same way.
All the information I have seen points to Law’s guilt. The police should have been brought in - what was happening was a crime. Instead of getting velvet glove treatment, these men should have been prosectuted. We expect more from priests, just like we expect more from cops. A higher standard. And we aren’t just talking about 1 or 2 cases here - there were many, many cases over years. These victims are scarred for life. I was sexually molested when I was 3 and I can tell you that it doesn’t just go away - it bothers you for a long, long time.
The press is reporting the truth - the actions of the Chruch are indefensible. It isn’t anti-Catholic bias if it’s true. Years go by and still the foot dragging and excuses. You can see by their refusal to cooperate just how sorry they are. There are people who point out our faults and tell us to be better Christians. I’m afraid their credibility with me is pretty well shot. Clearly they care more about victimizers than they do the victims. These are CRIMES we are talking about. People seem to think that because the crimals were preists somehow the crimes weren’t so bad. Not true - they were worse! Quit making excuses for these people - you wouldn’t do it for other child molesters.