Pope Francis Pens Scathing Response To Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-response-sexual-abuse_us_5b7a9ebfe4b0a5b1febd0318
My Comment:
A response from Pope Francis, a man whom I have liked, no matter how
scathing cannot, at this point, say enough to rectify the many
hypocrisies of pedophile priests who commit mortal sins within an
institution that is all about teaching moral behavior and sin control.
Not so much, though, is that institution about washing out the stains of
these sins from particular priests but more about preserving the
institution in which they are allowed to thrive. "Out, damned spot! out, I say"
says Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth in Act V Scene I as she feels the sin
of murder she knows they committed but she cannot wash it and the guilt
she feels out. The stain of sex abuse by clergy perpetrated on their
own flock can never come out. The institution itself needs massive
change or face bankruptcy. Think how many have been abused and multiply
it 10 fold for those who died with an unsettled heart for being the
victim of those priestly sex abuse sins upon them. The number probably
would be staggering.
Here
is what I think should happen: The Church first needs to pay damages
to the thousands all over the world who were and still are abused by
priests. It needs also to expel those priests who have committed such
ugly sins on children. If it cannot then it must declare bankruptcy as
these abundance of accusations will, in the end, cost the Church
millions and even, perhaps, billions. The Church, in Reformation style,
needs to renew itself. It needs to include women among its clergy
imbued with all the powers the Church bestows on its male priests and it
needs to allow marriage of priests within the church.
The
problem of sex abuse by Catholic priests upon children is not new and
is a heinous thing. The Church must imbue itself with massive change
otherwise it will fracture and cease its 2000 year existence as we know
it.
