Dredge writes:
About 93% of sexual-abuse cases in the Catholic Church involve men abusing boys. If it weren't for the sicko queer predators in the clergy, paedophilia in CC wouldn't have gone largely unnoticed.
I have no idea how this more than usually bizarre statement is supposed to help your case. It's certainly true that without 'sicko queer predators in the clergy' these revolting offences wouldn't have happened.
But of course they did. And they did it on a global scale supported by a corrupt institution devoted to promoting its own interests ahead of those of the communities it pretends to protect.
It's not new, it's very old; it's institutionalised and it hasn't changed. For as long as people like you try to downplay the extent of the abuse and corruption it will continue.
“Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has been reported as far back as the 11th century, when Peter Damian wrote the treatise Liber Gomorrhianus against such abuses and others. In the late 15th century, Katharina von Zimmern and her sister were removed from their abbey to live in their family's house for a while partly because the young girls were molested by priests.[30]
In 1531, Martin Luther claimed that Pope Leo X had vetoed a measure that cardinals should restrict the number of boys they kept for their pleasure, "otherwise it would have been spread throughout the world how openly and shamelessly the Pope and the cardinals in Rome practice sodomy."[31]”
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases - Wikipedia
Here in the Uk we had an independent inquiry which “ examines the extent of institutional failings by the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales to protect children from sexual abuse and examines the Church’s current safeguarding regime. It draws on evidence from the Inquiry’s three case studies on Ampleforth and Downside Abbeys and their respective schools, Ealing Abbey and St Benedict’s School, and the Archdiocese of Birmingham.”
The Vatican refused to help. Nothing has changed.
The Holy See
In 2018 and 2019, the Inquiry asked the Apostolic Nuncio (the Holy See’s ambassador to the United Kingdom) and the Holy See for information relevant to both the public hearing on Ealing Abbey and St Benedict’s School and the final hearing on the Roman Catholic Church, held in late 2019. The Holy See is a foreign state and the Apostolic Nuncio’s diplomatic status means that neither the institution nor the individual can be compelled to provide a statement to the Inquiry or to give evidence. Despite efforts by the Inquiry, very limited information was forthcoming. Much of the information that was provided was already in the public domain. After several months of correspondence, the Holy See belatedly confirmed it would not provide a witness statement. This response appears to be at odds with the May 2019 Papal pronouncements from Rome in which Pope Francis asserted that there needed to be “concrete and effective actions that involve everyone in the Church” regarding its approach to child sexual abuse.[18]
The Holy See’s limited response on this matter manifestly did not demonstrate a commitment to taking action. Their lack of cooperation passes understanding.”
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