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When, if ever, did the Catholic Church cross the moral event horizon?
dpareja:
So I just found this story from about two and a half months ago:
http://www.neonnettle.com/features/891-pedophile-priest-with-hiv-who-raped-30-children-forgiven-by-church
An HIV-positive priest raped almost 30 girls between the ages of 5 and 10, was forgiven by the Church, and will face no criminal charges.
Not only that, but when one of the girls' mothers asked to meet with the Pope about the matter, she was rebuffed.
So this, if nothing else, was where the Church crossed the line from evil to irredeemably evil (you don't let someone who probably sentenced over two dozen kids to an early grave walk free!) for me, but I'm wondering what the rest of you think.
Eiki-mun:
I'm thinking that I'm wondering if this article is even true.
If this actually did happen, you'd think that someone in the mainstream news media would pick up on it. I can't even find any mainstream Mexican newspapers who picked up on it - I mean, this seems like a pretty major thing to only show up in a few pieces of news media. In addition, the source on this apparently is Anonymous Mexico*, which really is hardly a reliable source, and according to the Archdiocese of Mexico itself**, no priest by that name even exists in their records, much less having been let off for such a terrible spree of crimes. While you can dispute that source as well, I can at least look up the name of the spokesman and confirm he exists - he does, by the way. The lack of any mainstream media support on this as well as its sketchy lack of good sources (I'm sorry, but I'm not going to trust Anonymous Mexico as a sole source) leads me to believe that it is fake news.
*: http://www.anonymousmx.com/2016/09/iglesia-catolica-absuelve-y-deja-en.html
**: " “This supposed priest does not belong to the Archdiocese of Mexico – as Anonymous Mexico asserts – much less has he been let off, as the post irresponsibly and maliciously states,” stated Fr. Hugo Valdemar Romero, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Mexico." -- http://angelusnews.com/articles/does-the-mexican-priest-who-allegedly-abused-minors-even-exist
dpareja:
Nonetheless, we do know that there has been plenty of child rape in the Catholic Church, with the priests moved around to avoid legal punishment and the stories hushed up until the statutes of limitations ran out. (When he was head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ratzinger ordered that such matters be kept in the Church and that secular authorities not be informed.)
So whether this is true or not, I still think the Church has crossed the moral event horizon.
Eiki-mun:
--- Quote from: dpareja on July 30, 2017, 09:56:20 pm ---Nonetheless, we do know that there has been plenty of child rape in the Catholic Church, with the priests moved around to avoid legal punishment and the stories hushed up until the statutes of limitations ran out. (When he was head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ratzinger ordered that such matters be kept in the Church and that secular authorities not be informed.)
So whether this is true or not, I still think the Church has crossed the moral event horizon.
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That's up to you, I'm not going to try to sway you one way or another, since I'm not the best informed on Catholic Church issues. But I am going to call out things that look fake when I see them.
dpareja:
--- Quote from: Eiki-mun on July 31, 2017, 12:19:38 am ---
--- Quote from: dpareja on July 30, 2017, 09:56:20 pm ---Nonetheless, we do know that there has been plenty of child rape in the Catholic Church, with the priests moved around to avoid legal punishment and the stories hushed up until the statutes of limitations ran out. (When he was head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ratzinger ordered that such matters be kept in the Church and that secular authorities not be informed.)
So whether this is true or not, I still think the Church has crossed the moral event horizon.
--- End quote ---
That's up to you, I'm not going to try to sway you one way or another, since I'm not the best informed on Catholic Church issues. But I am going to call out things that look fake when I see them.
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Fair enough.
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