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Except that once priest start telling their Bishops the till is down 30% and there are lots of notes condemning the church handling of the rapist priest, then the Bishops will take action.
 
I think the article hit it right on the head. Waiting for the old rapist to die off isnt getting the job done. The church needs to release all records and act more as a prosecutor instead of the defense. It should make sure that any priest that is accused will be fully investigated by the law and if found guilty they will spend the rest of the evil life in jail. These men are 100% evil nothing they do will outweigh the evil they did to these children
 
I really think that this has already happened with regards to priests for the past 15 years. This current scandal sort of shines a light on the gap in accountability for bishops. Because if you go to the bishop to report a priest, who do you go to in order to report a bishop?

Of course, there are some who have made allegations against bishops in the last several years. They typically find a lawyer and go to the press. This case has been a sort of “perfect storm”, though, with those who did come forward coming to settlements and any accusations from third parties getting stalled while getting run up the chain. I hope they spend some time analyzing all those things to root out the faults in the system that is in place.

Even still, though, the Church has no power to criminally prosecute nor sentence priests to jail. They can only turn the matter over to civil authorities. And often, the statute of limitations has already run out. Even if McCarrick is investigated and found guilty, I doubt he will see any jail time unless someone makes an allegation of something he has done more recently.
 
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These men are 100% evil nothing they do will outweigh the evil they did to these children
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These men are fallen, as are we all. They need to be removed from positions in which they are in the presence of children. I pray for them and for their victims. May all win the victory in Christ. Amen.
 
Yeah. I don’t give donations to the basket when it comes around. I still go to Mass of course and try to live a good Catholic life. Ultimately, only we are responsible for our own souls, having a good environment can greatly help.

I agree with you to use the laity’s finances as carrot and stick, I got this from an article on the sex abuse crisis in the Church. Why continue giving to parishes that promote heterodoxy, that’s enabling them.
 
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The Mass does include prayers for the clergy, including those made by the priest during Mass, for example:

1. “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, by the will of the Father and the work of the Holy Spirit, through your death gave life to the world, free me by this, your most holy Body and Blood from all my sins and from every evil; keep me always faithful to your commandments, and never let me be parted from you.”
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2. “May the receiving of your Body and Blood, Lord Jesus Christ, not bring me to judgment and condemnation, but through your loving mercy be for me protection in mind and body and a healing remedy.”
 
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Even still, though, the Church has no power to criminally prosecute nor sentence priests to jail. They can only turn the matter over to civil authorities. And often, the statute of limitations has already run out. Even if McCarrick is investigated and found guilty, I doubt he will see any jail time unless someone makes an allegation of something he has done more recently.
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Those statues can and have been changed just because of what has happened with priest. It is happening in Texas right now. The church may not have any legal authority to jail these priest, but they can work with the civil authorities to make sure all those are accused have their day in court. They need to turn over all documents of these Priests,
 
Not just removed from positions where they have access to kids, but removed from any position entirely. They should be prosecuted by civil authority and if convicted spend their days repenting from a prison cell.
 
Which actually does have a deterrent effect on potential future crimes by others. People limit their criminal behavior if they believe they will not be able to avoid punishment.
 
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The church may not have any legal authority to jail these priest, but they can work with the civil authorities to make sure all those are accused have their day in court. They need to turn over all documents of these Priests,
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I agree. I do believe that has been happening in the vast majority of cases since 2002. It did not happen with regards to Cardinal McCarrick. And that is certainly a problem that needs to be addressed.
 
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From the blog, quoting an article from the Stream: I once tried to explain the problems faced by faithful Catholics to my good friend Eric Metaxas. “Imagine you felt your salvation depended on staying inside a Church with apostolic doctrines, which is run by liberal Protestants.” [Yeah.]

For ordinary Catholics? Well, a very faithful priest in an appallingly liberal diocese once offered this suggestion. If you have a good pastor and parish, but don’t want to fund your bishops’ open-borders or big government activism — or his gay-dominated seminary — do this: Each week or month write your pastor a personal check.Make it out to him, not the parish. He can do it with it what he wills, and you’ll trust him to spend it wisely. The bishop’s not entitled by any law, canon or civil, to one red cent.
 
I understand the author’s perspective regarding Bishop Tobin’s comment. He very recently left Twitter. That said, Tobin is one of the good and orthodox ones.
 
One practical measure I can think of would be to never, ever leave your child alone with a priest, especially if you don’t know him. Always make sure a responsible parent is present and close enough to hear what the priest is saying (confession, of course, would have to be an exception, but that could be done out in the open with parents watching closely from a short distance).
 
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One practical measure I can think of would be to never, ever leave your child alone with a priest, especially if you don’t know him
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… even if you do know him. Most of the abusers were trusted by the family. A priest can still be a friend of the family without being alone with any of them.
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confession, of course, would have to be an exception, but that could be done out in the open with parents watching closely from a short distance).
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The Church has invented this wonderful thing called a confessional, consisting of a solid wall with a small screen between two small rooms. Children should not be allowed in a “face to face” confessional that has no barrier between them, and moreover, I don’t think it is prudent for anybody. Abusers will take advantage of such a situation, and I personally know of one situation in which he did.
 
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I know about confessionals. I was thinking that with a face-to-face confession, out in the open, the parent could see the child’s face and notice if the child showed alarm at anything the priest said. In a confessional the priest could still say something improper to the child in secret.
 
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