Complaints made in 1983 were ignored, in 2001 the church ignored complaints again but police informed. Church cover up (no surprise). Finally in Winchester crown court he gets only 5 years for 30 years of abuse to young boys. Do you agree that if any church is seen to be involved in a cover up, the church authorities should be jailed as well? I'm so pleased I don't attend church.
2007-05-03 10:25:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not knocking faith, I am knocking the closed shop of church auhtorities who think they are above the law, know better than you and I, and consistently abuse position of privelege.
2007-05-03 10:46:03 · update #1
I say the punishment must fit the crime..and this crime is almost going unpunished (5yrs) for 30yrs of damage caused to innocent young boys who have to deal with what's happened to them..
Yes i do feel some authority figures should be held responsible and given a jail sentence and then maybe they would do the right and just thing and hand them over to the police when this type of crime is discovered. How must these children feel when they know what they have gone through has been covered up for years..it's so evil it makes me extremely angry that this man will be out of jail in 5yrs and will most likely abuse again..what is wrong with us?
2007-05-03 14:15:23 · answer #1 · answered by ;) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a catholic the church has been covering up abuse for more years than i care to remember,i am lucky i have never come in to contact with a person from the church who has done this and i am thankful for that.There is alot of abuse in all religion's and the culprits never seem to get the sentence they deserve,the court system in this country is to soft on all criminals,i do agree to a point about the whole church being to blame for a cover up but it is one person who did the deed for thirty years,i think this is a very hard question to answer there are so many wrongs it saddens me greatly and the suffering of those young boys does not even bear thinking about. Good question though gets the grey matter working
2007-05-03 11:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by flickerboo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is appauling, everyone involved should be accountable, sadly, this is happening in all walks of life, everyday. Teachers, police, judges, road sweepers, ect., but it appears all the more terrible when it is a vicar, why is that? he is human, the uproar created when a vicar is discovered doing these dreadful things, distracts us all from the fact that any sexual abuse of children is wrong, whoever the person is. Yes he is a man in a position of trust, as is the childrens football coach, or the foster parent, or the school teacher, the church was very wrong to cover up what this man has done, they should have informed the authorities, and certainly got him out of the church.
2007-05-03 11:20:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's incredible that:
1. he only got five years
2. no one really made a fuss about the church cover up. any other organisation and everybody would have complained. Are we letting the church getting away with this? Does the church think that its image is more important than the children that are being abused?
2007-05-03 11:37:01 · answer #4 · answered by Stef 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes- I do agree - if it can be proven that a cover up was going on. I'm sure that those involved in any cover ups will get their share of the consequences- from God himself. And yeah- I don't attend church either.
2007-05-03 10:31:26 · answer #5 · answered by Kaybee 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All I have to say is that there is good and bad in every religion and this case just proves it.
Makes you wonder what church / faith is safe to go to or practice innit?
2007-05-03 10:31:41 · answer #6 · answered by Bristol_Gal 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was, and will be absolutely the LAST pervert in the Church system. Honestly, no really.
2007-05-03 12:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All religion is inherently evil-tantamount to child abuse-be advised that the fastest growing religions are the ones guilty of the heinous crime of pedophilia (Muslims top the list)
2007-05-03 10:34:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Co-conspirators before and after the fact. Absolutely.
That is the BEST way to reform religion is to ARREST THE POPE if he knows and you can prove it.
NO ONE is above God's law!
2007-05-03 10:29:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
all types of music have their issues. rockstars are too coked up, country stars are too backwoods, rappers get sent to jail. stop knocking on rap in the rap and hip hop section dumbass.
2016-05-19 22:44:57 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋