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How can a catholic adult remain silent when the official church continues to tolerate the abuse of children by priests?
 
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How can a catholic adult remain silent when the official church continues to tolerate the abuse of children by priests?
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Uhm, you can’t be? You shouldn’t be. Raise hell. Let your officials know you’re POed.
 
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How can a catholic adult remain silent when the official church continues to tolerate the abuse of children by priests?
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The official Church has *never *tolerated child abuse. Unfortunately, some people within the Church handled a bad situation badly, causing a lot of trouble.

Those in the Church have now put into place lots of protections and safeguards, so overall, the people in the Church have a much better way of preventing and dealing with the problem.

(I would like to also point out that this type of problem, and even the way of handling it, are not by any means limited to the Church, not to in any way excuse what happened, but if you are going to be upset about its happening, be aware that it is happening in many other places.)
 
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How can a catholic adult remain silent when the official church continues to tolerate the abuse of children by priests?
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I believe that you’re mistaken. The Church does NOT tolerate the abuse of children by priests. While it is true that there have been horrible abuses against children by some clergy, it goes too far to declare the Church as being tolerant of such crimes. The sin lies with the ones who committed the acts not with the Church as a whole. If a woman murders her husband, do you then judge the entire female gender to be murderers? The VAST majority of Catholic Priests have never had a part in these unspeakable abuses, is it fair to include them in your condemnation? I knew a Baptist minister who attempted to seduce a married woman in his congregation. Is it right for me to ask, “Why does the Baptist Church allow its ministers to pursue adulterous lives?” No, it’s not.
 
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How can a catholic adult remain silent when the official church continues to tolerate the abuse of children by priests?
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there is no evidence that the Church continues to tolerate the abuse of children by priests, rather there is reams of evidence, which the media choses to ignore, mistate or pervert, that the Church has taken and is taking ever more stringent measures to prevent it and to remove abusive priests. The accusations currently against the pope are that he did not defrock accused priests soon enough. Bear in mind that once a priest is defrocked the Church has no control over him, where he goes, where he lives, who he associates with.

Please take time to read the whole story, to analyze news reports according to accepted journalistic practice and standards, which are woefully lacking in most recent media outlets.

there is and always has been a canon law process in place == reserve your anger for those who failed to follow the law, not for the Church who wrote the law

no one should remain silent in the face of injustice and abuse, but expressing outrage helps less than becoming part of the solution. a rant solves nothing
 
I didn’t mention ANGER–I was talking about CONSCIENCE. I have spent my entire adult life parenting and working with abused children. Important to the recovery of these children is the apology of the abusers AND those who could and should have intervened. The official position of the church has been that the reputation of the church is more important than the safety of vulnerable children. This is factual and not an anti-catholic rant of the media.
 
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