Is The Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis Really As Small As We Thought?

Question

The Roman Catholic ArchDiocese of L.A. has announced they are paying out 600 million dollars to settle 500 sex abuse cases. 500 in L.A. alone. They payed out over 2 billion dollars in sex abuse cases since 1950. It's not as rare as we were led to believe. It's not only one rogue priest porking an altar boy in the *** here and there; it's way more widespread. They ask for donations from parishioners like mobsters to help pay for this. The church has a **** load of money. Some of the money is paid for by insurance policies. For what; in case a sex abuse case 'accidentally' happens? They are ready in case people come forward ready to sue.

You got some dirty old men as priests. i bet this comes from the fact they don't allow marriage. This shows the prime example of the Roman Catholic Church as a religion in action.

Answer 1

The really disgusting thing about this horror show is not even that these horrible abuses of power occurred but the fact that it has been shown that bishops and church leaders knew these things were occurring and did nothing to stop them except move these priests around to new hunting grounds.

The out right complicity and negligence of these acts is what is really appalling and shows the real corruption of the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer 2

This settlement is for some cases that have been pending.

It involves less than 1% of the priest which is too many. Most of the incidents took place in the 70s and 80s when the church was going through a lot of turmoil.

After Vatican 2 the church decided to ordain homosexual men as long as they took the vow of celibacy. Then something called situation ethics crept into some seminary teachings, that is something is only sinful depending on the circumstances. John Paul 2 stopped a lot of that.

Since the 90s, the number of cases has been very small. Actually less than 20 incidents or alledged incidents took place in 2006.

There are attorneys in Colorado that would like to extend the statute of limitations on this and Church officials feel it is aimed at them. See since public schools are tax supported, there is a cap of $150,000 for any award from a public school.

Actually this stuff about altar boys and they are a temptation to celibate priest. I don't think altar boys are around priests all that much. Daily Masses hardly ever have altar boys and when they do it is a school mass.
They go over to the Church right before Mass and light candles on the altar etc and then after Mass, they put things back and go back to school.

Sunday Masses they mostly come to Church with their parents and go home with their parents. They are usually trained by other altar boys.

Answer 3

The Church has insurance for many things, not just for possible future sex abuse situations. Just lke doctors, lawyers and any organizations have insurance. Any thing can happen at any time. If you compare the clergy that have sexually abused altar boys to the millions of people that have sexually abused children in the past 50 years, there's much more non-clergy that claim to be Christians that abuse children (even their own children and even kill children) than clergy. But it's very rare for an abused child to grow up and sue the abuser 30 yrs later for the abuse.

I am not defending the clergy nor the Church. I was raped years ago. But I have learned to forgive and moved on. I think the abuse victims have learned to hate the Church and since anyone can sue today, they want to destroy the Church. They are suing the Church, not the priests individually. Within federal laws there are limits of when one can sue someone. I think it's 7 years. These men were abused over 30 years ago. How can suing for millions of dollar help one heal from sexual abuse? I never sued my rapist. I got counseling and now Ihave forgiven him. I wish he got some jail time but he has in jail for other crimes. So I'm fine with that.

Not allowing priests to marry doesn't make an adult priest rape an altar boy. They would then rape women. These priests would have probably molested boys years ago no matter what vocation or occupation they entered. It's a crime and a disease of the mind to sexually abuse another person. They want some sexual gratification but mostly psychological control of the victim. The Church definitely should have handled it differently. These priests should have been pulled from the churches and given counseling for long term and then let back in under supervision. No altar boy should have been allowed to be alone with them. Or they should have been stripped of being a priest. And today be labeled a sexual predator and jailed. But the Church shouldn't be sued for billions 30-50 yrs later. This doesn't heal any one.

Answer 4

The RCC has been aware of this problem for generations, and their answer was to transfer the offending priest to an unsuspecting Parrish. I personally know a few victims that have never came forward, and probably never will. They are now in their sixties, and when they told their mother what had happened, they were told not to speak such things of the "gods on earth." One was a child, and the other was a very young woman. The one that I became close to was pressured into an apology to the priest and retracted her statement rather than face losing her family. It was not just the RCC that protected them. The priests were put on such a pedestal that Catholics were brainwashed into believing that they were incapable of such a dark sin. Perhaps the pope needs to have a sale and get rid of some of the priceless artwork in the Vatican to help settle these suits instead of parishes hiding behind bankruptcy courts to preserve their precious almighty dollars. Some of the mobsters were from families that were of the RCC persuasion. The families that are able pay for masses to be said in hopes of springing their deceased criminal from purgatory. Great fund raising ploy. Save your murdering relative a few thousand years in purgatory if you pay for enough masses. Actually, if you are very wealthy, you can really cover their butt by paying for Perpetual Masses. Such a deal! Nothing but a thinly veiled repeat of why Martin Luther broke out of the darkness and called out the false Christians for selling indulgences, or as per Webster's Dictionary, a "relaxation of the law." My guess is that they will up the price of an annullment. [Oh yeah, they are for sale, too.]

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Only read 1 Timothy 4:1-2 and Romans 1:14-28 and no comments.

Answer 7

No, it's much worse than everyone thinks it is. However, there is a higher percentage of Protestant ministers and pastors that have been convicted of molestation crimes than Catholic priests. However, Catholics tend to get the bad rap because theyre "different", and some Christians can't accept that. It's sad, really.

God bless!

Answer 8

PaulCyp SAID >>>

"It involves well under 1% of priests, just about the same percentage of homosexual predators you would find in any cross section of the male population. The value of a religion obviously cannot be measured by those who act in direct violation of its teachings. The money being paid is to settle CLAIMS of abuse, not proven cases of abuse. It's just amazing how many men had "sudden recall of repressed childhood experiences" once the money started flowing. "

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This is a TOTAL FABRICATION designed to cover up for a BUNCH OF PERVERTS .

Good post by EAGLE WOMAN.

I agree totally.

dave

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Answer 9

It is worth remembering that only a proportion of victims actually report abuse, and there are some who jump on the bandwagon even if they were not abused, still i say the actual figure will be much higher, i alone know several people who were abused and didn't report it, but i don't know any who reported it.

Answer 10

It involves well under 1% of priests, just about the same percentage of homosexual predators you would find in any cross section of the male population. The value of a religion obviously cannot be measured by those who act in direct violation of its teachings. The money being paid is to settle CLAIMS of abuse, not proven cases of abuse. It's just amazing how many men had "sudden recall of repressed childhood experiences" once the money started flowing.