*Do you agree with all the multi-million dollar pay-outs to the families of these victims rather than just letting these priests be tried in a court of law like I would? *
Not buying that for a minute.
Settlements were kept quiet for the benefit of the victim not the abuser. Settlements are handled same way as Protestant denomination, Jewish etc in these matters. Nothing new here.
*Also, why and how do you assume the media is libelous in their coverage of this? *
It’s not an assumption of guilt. All the evidence is available. Much of it is organized for handy access here:
socon.ca/or_bust/?p=5963
*Is there any sin or mistake you’ll actually hold the pope accountable for? *
The pope is not guilty of any crime. Nor has he made any mistakes. He is a great leader and a wonderful pope.
*Are you at the point where he is impeccable as well as infallible? I’m blown away at your post, Susan. I don’t care if the pope has said “we must rid ourselves of this filth.” What I care about are ACTIONS, not words. *
You are blown away by truth. This pope is all about ‘ACTION.’ I have given you a good start at learning the truth. Be careful not to bear false witness! Woe to you if you do!
*He’s said many things. John Paul II, my favorite pope of all time, said similar things and he moved Cardinal Law, that horrific cardinal that knowingly moved pedophiles around to prey on children, to Rome and gave him his own parish there. It was wrong then, it’s wrong now. *
**Do you know how arrogant it sounds to word things this way? You don’t have time to “educate” me now? Come on? Just disagree and state your case, no need to talk like the school master in a London preparatory school with me the unruly child. Come on. Cardinal Law knowingly moved Paul Shanley and John Geoghan, two pedophiles, and kept them active. He had allegation after allegation and there is a scary paper trail to that effect. Fifty priests signed a statement of no-confidence in Law. He became a parriah in the Boston area by many Catholics. It wasn’t CNN or Fox News’ fault that it happened. Law did it to himself. He covered up the truth. Fifty priests there were willing to display no confidence in him. So it’s not just pesky journalists out to get Law. Many of his own priests didn’t want him there. And many parents whose little boys were molested sexually weren’t keen on him either. Here are a few of the predators in the Boston Diocese:
John Birmingham**–accused for 23 years of molesting kids, finally was called on it bigtime by the mother of an altar boy at St. Ann’s, Cardinal Law in writing said he spoke with the priest, didn’t believe it could be true, kept him in good standing.
Paul Desilets/B]**indicted on 27 counts of indecent assault and battery **
Robert V. Gale was “treated” for abusing boys in 1987. Cardinal Law put him back at St. Monica’s parish despite knowing his horrific predatory urges, just months after Gale was back at the parish he was accused again of molesting a child there
John Geoghan** Had been a priest for 30 years and in six different parishes was accused of molesting 130 kids. The Church had to pay out tens of millions to the victims and it came out how his condition had been known for years and he had been shipped out to hide the problem. **
Paul Shanley****Already mentioned this guy
Robert A. Ward** Records showed that back in 1995 they knew he was, as pastor at the time, using cocaine and addicted to it. In 1999 he admitted to downloading child pornography He got caught when a computer technician came over to repair his computer. He found the computer laced with it.**
You are misinformed about Cardinal Law there is much more to know but I don’t have to time to educate you now.
Why must we defend every action of the curia and vatican in order to remain good Catholics? *
** I don’t happen to know the truth, eh? Wow, that’s just outrageous. I guess you want to believe this stuff doesn’t happen. You go ahead and believe that. It’s a free country.*
You should defend the truth. You just didn’t happen to know what the truth was. Not surprising with all the misinformation being throw about. If you want accurate news on all things Catholic use this site:
lifesitenews.com/ it’s one of the best in the world and it’s free.
Fully informed is a relative phrase I suppose. I think you’re choosing to blame the media making them devils, convince yourself that there has been no negligence, that this doesn’t happen much, that millions of dollars have not been paid out, that many of the victims are just looking for $$$, and this is a media concoction. You also seem to be of the belief that, as Catholics, we must all defend the pope’s actions in any and all cases, whether he’s right or wrong, in order to be good Catholics. I choose to disagree deeply with your sentiment. At least we can agree on one thing I hope—Our Lord is Risen. Happy Easter 
I have only given you a taste of the truth. It’s up to you to educate yourself. Use the sites I’ve given you. They are nicely organized and easy to use. Once you are fully informed do the right thing and defend your Holy Father.
We want to weed out the filth not the holy!
. The Rev. Michael Teta of Tucson, Arizona was a well-known and widely-accused molester in that diocese. His bishop begged then-cardinal Ratzinger to rapidly take this on and defrock this guy. Ratzinger leaves behind a paper trail with this guy and innaction. Ratzinger never responded or did anything with this guy for years. Then there was Msgr. Robert Trupia, another serious accused abuser. He was called “a major risk factor to the children, adolescents and adults that he many have contact with” by his bishop, Manuel Moreno. They investigated and found that Teta, the first child predator I mentioned, had been molesting kids there all the way back into the 1970’s! The Church tribunal there led the investigations. They said “there is almost a satanic quality in his mode of acting toward young men and boys.” According to a recent AP article:
