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There are terrorists among us.
Not terrorists like those who attacked us on Sept. 11, but ones just as dangerous.
Terrorists who destroy lives, skirt the law and prey on the innocent. These terrorists aren’t just among us here in America either. They are a multi-national force that has been around for thousands of years.
These terrorists are the Catholic Church – and they need to be stopped.
We’re all familiar with the scandal; so much so, in fact, that all one has to do is mention “Catholic priest,” and people instantly know to what scandal you refer.
Recently, the Associated Press reported that a letter surfaced from 2001 in which the current pope, Pope Benedict XVI, praised a French bishop for his cover up of a pedophile priest in his parish.
So why does the Pope, and vicariously the Catholic Church, condone such horrid behavior?
Some cite economical and time restraints, saying it takes a lot of time and money to train a Catholic priest.
That’s fine, I’ll accept that it takes a lot to become a priest. Catholics have lots of posturing, unnecessary rituals that I’m sure a priest must learn. Also, I understand that demand for careers in the clergy is on the decline. Would you want a job boasting low pay, forbids you from having sex and has a one of the worst reputations imaginable?
What I can’t accept is the Catholic Church using its power to hide and protect these child molesters. If the priest in question had a drinking problem or got caught stealing money or maybe got caught with a woman over 18, then I have no problem with the church covering it up and moving the priest somewhere else.
Having a drunk, unruly, womanizing priest would be a lot more entertaining than the regular old Sunday service. It would give the congregation something to talk about for ages, and it would probably make a pretty good sitcom.
But to cover up child molesting? Child molesting? And not even cover it up like, “We’re going to send you somewhere out of the way for a while so you can deal with this,” or, “We’re going to get you into a program and get some help.”
No, instead the Catholic Church moves these sick individuals to another church where they have new victims on which to prey.
Others have defended this cult of cover-ups, the pope’s recently discovered actions, specifically.
The Associated Press reported that Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos told RCN radio, a Colombian station, that “The law in nations with a well-developed judiciary does not force anyone to testify against a child, a father, against other people close to the suspect. Why would they ask that of the church? That’s the injustice. It’s not about defending a pedophile, it’s about defending the dignity and the human rights of a person, even the worst of criminals.”
While laws are in place to protect family members from testifying against each other, if that family member had the degenerate mental disease of being a child molester, then you should care enough about that person to try and get them help – using whatever means necessary.
Also, if you’re a halfway decent person with any sort of working conscience, you don’t want innocent children getting molested. If your close acquaintance has this problem and your solution is to try it out on a new group of kids, then you might as well have stuck your own hand down those little boys’ pants.
And as for the argument of “defending the dignity and the human rights of a person, even the worst of criminals,” what about the dignity and human rights of the children these priests molest - the innocence that they steal, the lives they ruin, the psychological, emotional and physical damage they do to these children?
These priests need to be punished just like anyone else who would commit such a horrible act. They need to be in jail and feel what it’s like to be powerless, to be abused and to be violated just like they violated those children. Even the murderers, what many would consider some of “the worst of criminals,” think child molestation is a vile, unthinkable act.
The fact that we haven’t risen up as a global community and called for the disbandment of the Catholic Church makes me a little disappointed in humanity altogether.
How many more chances does this institution deserve? How can anyone take an institution seriously that identifies itself as a moral guidepost for humanity, then repeatedly commits the most heinous affront of morality known to man? How can anyone pay homage to an institution that is not only involved in this most evil of deeds, but who’s very leader abides and advocates the cover-up of said evil?
This problem has reached epidemic status. Reports of priests molesting children have come in from all over the world. Chile, Sweden, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, France, Ireland, Argentina, Italy, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada and the good ol’ U.S. of A have all reported cases of sexual child abuse by Catholic priests – and this isn’t even the complete list of countries that have had this problem.
The constant lies and cover-ups, and the sheer volume of this most horrible offense, has led me to my previous conclusion: the Catholic Church is a multinational terrorist organization that must be stopped. It’s had its run, and now it’s time for the pope to turn in his funny hat.
There needs to be an outcry from those involved in the faith. There needs to be an investigation as to why this is such a phenomenon, and there needs to be punishment for those involved – even those who covered their colleagues’ tracks.
It’s your choice Catholics: You can either try to fix it (good luck), drop out, or you can advocate child molestation – your call.
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And more violence has been done in the name of Jesus than Allah.