More R C Pedos Exposed

[Canary42]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49025423

No doubt His Holiness would forgive them (and move them on).

[Rockrose]

Do you have any evidence the his holiness has forgiven any of the previous offenders?
I thought this current one was cracking down on it.

[DTCwordfan]

The next door neighbour here is building a new house around an old nickel mining cottage in what was the village at one time, now just the church, where I am and them. We've just been brainstorming what their house should be called and in honour of what the churches have been up to, we think that '-The ***-' would be perfect.

[Theland]

Been banging on about this for ages. The devil cult.

[Huderon]

My wife comes from a Polish background and her memories of the priests from holidays during the 70's and 80's was that they were very political (anti-Communist) and appeared rather venal (many ran recent - as of back then - model cars from Germany for example).

Given that there has been evidence of abuse by Catholic priests in many countrys now, I'm not surprised that there are some in Poland as well. I'm sure that under the current Pope, the cover-ups of the past will not be permitted in Poland or elsewhere now.

My own experience, time spent as a pupil at boarding schools run by Catholic priests, is that there was never even a roumour going round the pupils about any of the priests, so I would conclude that though abuse by priests did take place, it wasn't as widespread as the reporting of it tends to imply.

[Canary42]

/// I thought this current one was cracking down on it. ///

Time will tell - and I hope you're right.

[Mamyalynne]

This is proving to be a long hard road and I have only high praise for the courage of the victims.

[Canary42]

/// Do you have any evidence the his holiness has forgiven any of the previous offenders? ///

I covered this in an earlier topic

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Religion-and-Spirituality/Question1665303.html

[Rockrose]

No you didn’t cover it you provided no evidence just some made up rubbish

[andy-hughes]

A recent report heavily criticised Vincent Nichols who, during his time of Archbishop of Birmingham, was instrumental in obstructing enquiries into paedophile priests in his diocese, in order to protect 'the reputation of the church' - and it concluded that he he acted appropriately at the time the evidence was brought to him, some children could have been saved from the abuse they suffered.

The Archbishop has since been promoted to the rank of Cardinal, and remains in office.

If that is 'cracking down', it's not doing very well, is it!

[Peter Pedant]

//My own experience, time spent as a pupil at boarding schools run by Catholic priests,// not much happened

er sorry it did at my school

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_scandal_in_the_English_Benedictine_Congregation

the article is scarred by use of wrong nominals
Fr instead of Dom

Birmingham hasnt had much luck with Bishops
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1568567.html
Couve de Murville - yes cousin of the French foreign minister of the seventies - was another 'oh no nothing to do with me' and I think ended up as a deposed Bishop of Birmingham.

Mother complained her son had been abused by a priest and he just said he didnt control that lot ( Benedictines are independent of bishops)

[Cloverjo]

I don’t want to stick up for Catholics in particular, but abuse happens in schools of other religions, too.