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Comment: Neutering, from the Latin ne??ter (of neither type).

Abusing Eskimos. WOW. The Catholic Church is filled with evil priests who disguise themselves as men of GOD. The Catholic Church needs to let priest get married or people will not trust them. It is obvious that this abuse has been going on for centuries and is institutionalized. This abuse has even spread to the furthest corners of the earth. Not even the eskimos can escape. This is crazy. THey need to "neuter" priests so that they will not commit this horrific crimes against Humanity. If they agree to be selebent then they should be neutered, if not let family men lea d the church and rid it of these sicko's. Sterelizing priest should become law. Neutering, from the Latin ne??ter (of neither type).
THE CHURCH ONLY BANNED pRIEST FROM GETTING MARRIED IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. tHE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS LOSING LAND TO THE WIDOWS OF pRIEST. uNFORTUNATELY THIS ABUSE IS INTSTITUTIONALIZED AND HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE VATICAN FOR CENTURIES. thIS IS WHY THEY DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO, THE ARE pART OF IT. IT IS TIME pRIEST ARE ALLOWED TO BE HUMAN. IT IS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL Nature FOR A MAN TO STAY SELEBENT. tHIS IS MADNESS AND IS CAUSING pRIESTS TO ENGAGE IN VULGAR ACTIVITY. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CANNOT BE REFORMED, THEY WILL NOT ALLOW pRIEST TO BE HUMAN, IT IS NOT IN THEIR ECONOMIC INTEREST. THIS IS A FACT.

If a police officer is suspected or accused of a crime, what happens? He is suspended with pay or without pay, but he is not allow to active duty.
What happen when a priest is suspected or accused of a crime? HE IS TRANSFERRED to an other parish.
How hard is it to see what's going on.
Anybody remember Bernard Law from Boston that has been accused of ignoring the complaints about one of their priests. He went to court under oath. That did not go well. So the Pope called him to the Vatican under his robe and the story died down. Instead of Gogen going to jail, Law should have gone to jail and send to sicko to a hospital. So instead of trying to fix things from the bottom, let's try to fix them from the top.

This article is long on accusation but rather short on substance. All you provide are the accusations of one man against a lay worker and a dead priest. Then there are anonymous accusations against two priests now living. One allegedly impregnated four women. One allegedly impregnated a 16 year old girl. Sex abuse is supposed to apply to minors, not to adult women.

Of 110 alleged instances, 60 are laid at the door of one lay worker. I think it is pretty safe to assume that this guy was out of control but he accounts for more than half the "Catholic Church abusing." Of the 12 priests accused, 9 are dead. This is another pattern in the abuse scandal. Fully 1/3 of accusations are against dead priests who cannot defend themselves.

And when you say that the one layworker abused nearly all the boys in the two villages, I find that hard to believe. For one things pedophiles are discriminating in the children they attack.

I have no doubt there is a lot of piling on going on here considering the dirt poor condition of the people in these villages and the size of the settlement ($50M). The abuse scandal quickly turned into a monetary scam for the alleged victims!

i HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANOTHER RELIGION MOLESTIND ESKIMOS. tHIS IS AN INSTITUTIONALIZED SYSTEM OF ABUSE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR CENTURIES. IT INDIVIDUAL LIKE THIBODEAUZ THAT TURN A BLIND EYE AND THINK IT IS NO BIG DEAL. wHY CAN'T YOU SEE THAT pRIESTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO GET MARRIED AS JESUS ONCE WAS. THE CHURCH INVENTED THIS SELIBENCY IDEA SO THEY WOULD NOT LOOSE LAND. ANY pRIEST FOUND GUILTY OF MOLESTING CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ONLY BE NEUTERED BUT JAILED. IF THE C ATHOLIC CHURCH DOES NOT REFORM THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOOSE THEIR FOLLOWERS TO OTHER SECTS OF CHRISTIANITY AND MAYBE EVEN OTHER RELIGIONS. jUST LET pRIESTS GET MARRIED IT IS ONLY HUMAN

In response to "eddiewhere" : Neutering priests? Are you kidding me? What exactly will that solve? To me there is no difference between an abusive priest and an abusive citizen. True, both are completely sick and should be punished for their actions - but would you suggest "neutering" a regular-Joe that has commited a sex-cirme? I wouldn't think so. I am Catholic, born and raised, and though these terrible events have happened within my religion - they have not directly affected me or my familes, so why would you dare assume that our church family is full of "evil priests"? That is not a fair judgement at all. I am sure that other church officials in other religions have done similiar acts - just have not been publicized as much. Think before you speak, please. We are all human - even officials in the house of God. Everyone makes mistakes, not just Catholics.

Neutering, from the Latin ne??ter (of neither type).

Abusing Eskimos. WOW. The Catholic Church is filled with evil priests who disguise themselves as men of GOD. The Catholic Church needs to let priest get married or people will not trust them. It is obvious that this abuse has been going on for centuries and is institutionalized. This abuse has even spread to the furthest corners of the earth. Not even the eskimos can escape. This is crazy. THey need to "neuter" priests so that they will not commit this horrific crimes against Humanity. If they agree to be selebent then they should be neutered, if not let family men lea d the church and rid it of these sicko's. Sterelizing priest should become law. Neutering, from the Latin ne??ter (of neither type).
THE CHURCH ONLY BANNED pRIEST FROM GETTING MARRIED IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. tHE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS LOSING LAND TO THE WIDOWS OF pRIEST. uNFORTUNATELY THIS ABUSE IS INTSTITUTIONALIZED AND HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE VATICAN FOR CENTURIES. thIS IS WHY THEY DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO, THE ARE pART OF IT. IT IS TIME pRIEST ARE ALLOWED TO BE HUMAN. IT IS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL Nature FOR A MAN TO STAY SELEBENT. tHIS IS MADNESS AND IS CAUSING pRIESTS TO ENGAGE IN VULGAR ACTIVITY. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CANNOT BE REFORMED, THEY WILL NOT ALLOW pRIEST TO BE HUMAN, IT IS NOT IN THEIR ECONOMIC INTEREST. THIS IS A FACT.

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While sexual abuse by the clergy is abhorent, this nation also needs to look at how we are parenting our children. We have a nation of children being sexually exploited. I'm talking about the children who are exposed to sexual images on the living room television set because parents do not supervise the x-rated (and pg-13 for that matter) movies coming into their household. Turn on any movie channel without checking the TV guide and you are apt to be watching someone in a sexually explicit scene. We are exposing our children to sex at an ever earlier age. Not to mention the language they are learning. Of course, we could use the TV merely as a gaming center and teach them how to murder via the latest game.
America has gone crazy in its blindness.

Buddhist monks are not allowed to marry, yet there does not exist any child abuses or other sexual abuses allegations against them.

The only conclusion that I could draw is that Catholicism encourages such abominable and inhuman acts. Any religion, or any culture, that begets such unspeakable crimes are evil and should be exterminated. Therefore, Catholicism along with the Western culture are evil and should be condemned and eradicated for the good of the human race and the love of God.

triyam,
Some years ago I have been exposed to some of the doctrines of the "Jehovah's witnesses."
I remenber two similarities with the Catholic Church. One is that it is possible to lose your salvation and only your Church menbers will be saved which either one are unscriptural.
Also your Church claims that the soul ceases to exist after death. That's not what the Bible teaches.
In my Bible (King James Version) Jesus was born from a virgin by the Holy Spirit. In yours Jesus was Micheal the archangel who became man.
Unless one of your witnesses was wrong there's more doctrine of yours that don't make sense and are not scriptural. Like only 144,000 Jehovah's witnesses go to heaven. Please Jesus died for the World not for only 144,000. He died for everyone that accept Him as their Savior. You also don't believe in the Trinity. Nothing lined up with my Bible. By the way The Catholic Church has more than mine. May be your's is entirely different from mine.
I'm not a religious person but rather a Bible person. The Bible is the word of God taking to me. Now I can hear in the background : an other lunatic hearing voices. By praying and studying His Words He speaks to my heart if I'm willing to listen and that's the way God has chosen to communicate with us.

tHE CHURCH ONLY BANNED pRIEST FROM GETTING MARRIED IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. tHE CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS LOSING LAND TO THE WIDOWS OF pRIEST. uNFORTUNATELY THIS ABUSE IS INTSTITUTIONALIZED AND HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE VATICAN FOR CENTURIES. thIS IS WHY THEY DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO, THE ARE pART OF IT. IT IS TIME pRIEST ARE ALLOWED TO BE HUMAN. IT IS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR A MAN TO STAY SELEBENT. tHIS IS MADNESS AND IS CAUSING pRIESTS TO ENGAGE IN VULGAR ACTIVITY. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CANNOT BE REFORMED, THEY WILL NOT ALLOW pRIEST TO BE HUMAN, IT IS NOT IN THEIR ECONOMIC INTEREST. THIS IS A FACT.

if THE CHURCH DOES NOT ALLOW pRIEST TO MARRY THEN THEY ARE DONE. THE ONLY REASON pRIEST CANNOT MARRY IS BECAUSE THE CHURCH WAS LOSING LAND IN EUROpE. tHIS WAS NEVER A REQUIREMENT FOR OVER FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEARS. THIS LAW WAS INCOR

Jesus said it would be better to chain a millstone around your neck and jump into the sea than to bring harm one of His little ones. The abuse of religious authority is pandemic because institutional churches have forsaken the spirit of the Christian message of God's unfathomable love and acceptance and have replaced it with a cold, dead form of liturgical formality.These professional religious hucksters bring shame to the name of Christ and He will repay accordingly.
They will see the repentant whores, thieves and tax collectors enter His Kingdom while they are cast into outer darkness forever.

Victims of predator abuse are to be commended for their courage in coming forward, even this late in life. The greater Catholic Church community shares your outrage, grief and suffering, and offers continual support through prayer and other measures for your healing! We hope you gather strength from the efforts of the Church, rarely mentioned in scandal articles, to educate, and address measures for reform and child protection. Efforts ongoing for years. Please take courage from our Holy Father Pope Benedict, eighty years old, making public penance and amends in the Judenplatz, Vienna, this summer past, for wrongs committed centuries ago against the Jews. Wrongs for which he was not personally responsible. In asking forgiveness, he is setting example for the tone of the Church, which desires to heal these open wounds through reconciliation. Continual prayers for your healing of mind, body, spirit. Responsible journalism should mention current efforts by all institutions to counter abuses, rather than parading another abuse story and leaving it incomplete. The Catholic Church is taking very strong measures! Where are the research and the facts on that? An article without balance presents distinct bias. Newsweek, you disappoint!

delores77,
What do you mean by :"the church"?
The word "church" means a group of people like-minded about some doctrines they believe in. That's why we have so many denominations. Not all denominations are invaded by the devil. Only those that don't live by the word of God which is the Bible.

it would be difficult to explain my comment to anyone who accepts american culture and history without analysis or criticism...i don't know how aware you are, but since the idea is such a mystery to you, i doubt i could explain it on this forum to your satisfaction...those who know will understand what i am talking about, thanks. suffice to say, the Republic of Lakota is about reclaiming a life based on spiritual, indigenous, sustainable lifeways and true political freedom in a country where those things are severely endangered.

It is a shame that the devil has gotten so deeply into the "body of Christ". The church is one of the most destructive forces of the Christian spirit.

God bless these poor men, and God help them.

who says we are free?,
Would you mind elaborate on how we can reclaim our lives, our spirits and our freedom by joining the Republic of Lakota.