How has the Pennsylvania scandal affected you personally?

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I don’t know yet. I’m still going to mass for now. But I have a lot of doubts. How can the magisterium be teaching truth if many aren’t living it?
 
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Yes, very true and certainly the victims and their families should be the most angry but I can’t even imagine how upset, saddened and angry the innocent priests must be that work very hard for the Church and for our souls. They know and must be so hurt over what people will be thinking of them. I agree leaving will only hurt us, them and the Church all the more.
 
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Is anyone making any changes? How are you dealing with it

This news is international news. It tarnishes and even destroys the confidence of people in the Catholic Church. Fr. John Riccardo, referring to the 2002 Dallas Declaration, says the bishops have lost ALL credibility. I fell that way too. I have stopped contributing to my parish. If all the bishops understand is money, then I will use money to connect with my bishop.

Each diocese is basically an independent church under the local bishop. What happens beyond the local bishop is irrelevant. MY BISHOP has to do something or I will not support him. We have our own active scandals going on regarding TWO priests. Yeah, he’s planning a tour to Ireland. Isn’t that sweet? Ireland which has its own scandals and has 5 empty “sees.”

How are WE supposed to be evangelists and try to get people into the Church, with such deception and underhandedness going on? My evangelical relatives MOCK me and the Church.

One source quotes P. Francis as saying that the Church is full of homosexuals – referring to the current clergy.

The Pope and bishops make it into the evening news, because the Church is supposed to be last resort for morality, the Church professes to possess the truth. But, for example, in Australia, there is a move to remove the tax exempt status of the Church due to the criminal activities.

How much more of this craziness are we supposed to take?
 
I am blessed to have a Bishop who acts and quickly. Pray for your bishops
 
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Do what you KNOW is Right and Just.
 
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My evangelical relatives MOCK me and the Church.
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Part of the reason they do that is because they do not understand that we are there for the Eucharist. They do not understand that the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ.

For them, they follow the pastors. If a pastor is good, they stay and listen. If he is not they leave and go somewhere else. They don’t understand Catholics staying where they are because of the True Presence of Christ.
 
I couldn’t make myself sad even if I wanted to.
 
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A priest is NOT divine, nor is Mary, the Saints, or angels. No created being is divine. Only Jesus Christ is divine.
 
I disagree that those who were not guilty of actual child abuse , but put children at risk are not guilty of a serious offense. Endangering the welfare of children IS a serious offense according to the law. You are I are accountable to the law, why are they exempt?

As a mother, I am MORE upset with those who exercised “poor judgement” than the actual perpetrators. How dare they sacrifice the spiritual, emotional and physical safety of my child (any child) on the alter of “public image.”

My mother drove with HER OWN grandchild on her lap to a bus stop less than 40 ft away in a private development on a dead end street. She was charged with child neglect, child endangerment and lost her entire 30 yr career.

Laws are only for peasants, I guess?

Regardless, if I found out one of my children were, on a daily basis, in the vicinity or care of a KNOWN child predator, due to a cover up, I would be taking the steps to form a class action lawsuit with other parents whose children were thought of as collateral damage.
 
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Maybe now, the VICTIMS will be on the receiving end of compassion from our Church, including the laity. They are ours, they belong to our family and need to be acknowledged with love. This has been the missing piece for the past decades and is needed for not only their healing, but for ours.

I’ll never forget when I stopped coming here many years ago, no it wasn’t bc I hate the new layout. But bc the knee jerk response was to defend the priests at the expense of the victims. This is the same attitude that allowed it to continue for so long!

“We can’t let a few bad priests spoil the bunch”
… We found out it is MUCH more than just a few bad priests now, haven’t we?

“The REAL victims are the good priests.”
… No, the real victims are the actual VICTIMS.

If any one who has suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a “purported” Man of God, is reading this. Please know that I am so sorry for what happened. You deserved to be embraced and the perpetrator brought to justice. I am so sorry that the Church has failed you, has failed all of us. Please, although I know it is difficult, do not turn your back on God. He has promised to prevail, even when it seems the foxes have overrun the henhouse. 😞

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