Interesting . . . that someone would choose a (ahem) *news source * which has such a proven track record of thriving on inaccurate anti-Catholic sensationalism . This is a *Catholic News * forum - why not quote from a Catholic source ?
The original article wasn’t difficult to find at all - no more difficult than it was to find at the huffington post. All one had to do was go to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website -
- which would seem like the most logical place to begin …
… seeing as it was
their report. And why didn’t the huffington post provide any links to it ?
The link is here
usccb.org/news/2012/12-059.cfm .
To any of my Catholic sisters or brothers who may be interested : I trust the words of Cardinal Timothy Dolan way above and far beore before reading anything which might be written by some of the scandal mongers at the Huffington Post :
EXCERPT :
. . . Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), said the church still had to remain watchful.
“While the report supports the conclusion of both studies done by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice – that the majority of allegations are way in the past – the church must continue to be vigilant. The church must do all she can never to let abuse happen again. And we must all continue to work with full resolve toward the healing and reconciliation of the victims/survivors.”
There are cedibility issues when dealing with the huffington post and by extension, the post preceding this one : You don’t get all of the truth. When someone doesn’t print all of the truth , we end up with a result which is something other than the truth ; subsequently we become subjected to stories containing some of the most subtle lies of all.
Let’s take a simple example :
SFNyssa:
. . . was interesting to notice both the amount of the settlements - $144 M last year alone - as well as the decline of safety measures in 30 Dioceses.
First of all the $ 144 M wasn’t the amount of settlements - it was the amount of total costs to dioceses and religious orders which also included
therapy, and support for offenders, and increased in attorney fees.
Here’s another quote from the USCCB’s statement-
·Of those clerics accused of past sexual abuse of minors, 253 were deceased, 58 had already been laicized, and 281 had prior allegations and were already removed.
·Across the country, 1.8 million volunteers in Catholic parishes and schools are trained to protect children. An additional 249,000 other employees are likewise trained.
·Nationwide over 4.8 million Catholic children were taught to recognize a grooming process, say no, and to tell parents and other trusted adults about such behavior. All audited dioceses/eparchies have safe environment training for children.
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And let’s check the emphasis one the word"past" as in
.
Whatever
was paid in settlements (not accurate to say 144 M)
SFNyssa:
, it wasn’t concerning abuses which happened
SFNyssa:
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In fact , the USCCB’s statement says
The report notes that most allegations reported today are of incidents from previous decades. For example, 68 percent of allegations made in 2011, were of incidents from 1960-1984, and the most common time period for allegations was 1975-1979. It also found most of the accused have died or been removed from ministry and many had been accused previously.
Three percent (or 21) of the allegations noted in the 2011 report came from current minors.
“Of the 21 allegations made by minors, seven were considered credible by law enforcement; three were determined to be false, five were determined to be boundary violations, and three are still under investigation,” the report said. The credibility of three allegations could not be determined.
. . . An illustration of what can and will happen when we rely on the reporting of huffington post scandal mongers, instead of the truth.
:dts:
