How can a catholic believe the words of a child abusing priest.
They crucified Jesus and now they are crucifing you and your children. They cannot lead you to GOD. These priests are surely going to hell. This is a sign from GOD to make you all wake up and see that you are being decieved by the catholic church. Take this as a clear sign that you have been shown and warned about what they do with clear proof (that they abuse children).
There is no excuse now for you to say " I was tricked or lied to and misled by my relgion. you will be held resposable for your own decisions. If you follow the catholic religion now after what has been shown to you, then you can only blame yourself when you are sent to hell.
2006-08-19 06:27:46 · 7 answers · asked by tom tom 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When will the rest of society doo something about it
2006-08-19 06:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I just got back from a 3.5 hour training workshop sponsored by the Catholic Church about how to identify and prevent child abuse. In Kentucky, every clergy member, parochial school staff member, and even parent volunteers must attend ongoing training. I am not saying this training would actually stop child abuse, but as a non-Catholic, I had no idea that they seemed to be taking the issue so seriously. I didn't realize how much they are doing to try to open up the issue in the Catholic community until I started to work at a parochial school. I don't believe most of the tenets of Catholicism, but I personally think they deserve credit for taking a very aggressive stance against child abuse in the past few years.
2006-08-19 13:38:16 · answer #2 · answered by MissM 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Priests far from only abusers
Illinois abuse of children happens equally as often in all religions, experts say
Medill News Service/March 8, 2006
By Brian D. Sabin
When priests, ministers or rabbis abuse children, experts say they violate a sacred trust.
Psychiatric experts say that clergy abuse of children isn't exclusive to the Catholic Church. It happens equally as often in other religions, and sadly, most sexual abuse occurs within the home.
"This sort of behavior is certainly not distinctive to the Catholic Church," said Anna Salter, who holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from Harvard University and gives expert testimony in sexual abuse cases. "We find offenders from all walks of life."
Incest and sexual abuse are at epidemic proportions. Current statistics suggest that one out of four females is sexually abused by the time she reaches the age of 18, with about 75 percent of the perpetrators being family members. One out of 5 males is sexually abused by age 18.
Incest is defined as sexual relations of any kind perpetrated by a biologically or non-biologically related person functioning in the role of a family member. Other trusted adults also sexually abuse children and teenagers; these include: fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, stepparents, grandparents, coaches, baby sitters, clergy, teachers.
It really happens... and not just to other people. Children of every race, religion and economic status are abused and or incested. What makes this problem even worse is that the effects of incest don't stop when the abuse stops. They stay with the child as he or she grows through adolescence and into adulthood. Self-hatred, alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, eating disorders, the inability to trust and suicide are common results of incest and sexual abuse.
2006-08-19 13:58:41 · answer #3 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said this
Matt:18
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
So no what the priest have done will not cause it to fall, and will never fall..... its been around 2000 years..
And this again happens only in America... we should condemn this act though..
2006-08-19 13:50:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Making celebacy optional, accepting homosexuals and rethinking Aristotelian mind body dualism would go some way to sorting things out
2006-08-19 13:34:49 · answer #5 · answered by Hoolahoop 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
get the cops to raid the churches and get the paedophle catholic priests in the usa and put them behind bars with all the gay prisners
2006-08-19 14:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All religion have had those who have gone bad and have not repented but who today really obey God? See website
http://geocities.com/war2stop_war/globally
2006-08-19 13:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by Peace-and S 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋