The Holy See's Blindness
I am so tired of reading about Benedict XVI's cadre of ecclesiastic thugs pulling their wagons into a circle and firing out at any critic of the Catholic Church for its denial of culpability for decades (doubtless, centuries) of the sexual abuse of children or those too powerless to fight back.
IT HAPPENED. IT WAS COVERED OVER. ABETTED, DENIED.... AND IT CONTINUED.
It's ridiculous to thrash about and appear indignant or put upon when it's the irrefutable truth, so ADMIT IT... be contrite, ferchrissakes.
Now I ask you....why would the church stonewall on this issue? Because they're afraid of more law suits, less wealth? Yes, that's undoubtedly one reason.
Because admitting it makes the church seem less of a moral flagship in the world? Yes... but realisically the harm has already been done, so admit it and go forward from here.
Now for the BIG QUESTION....what would 'admitting it' lead to? To admit it would be to acknowledge that for centuries, a celibate church has attracted and housed any number of deviates, and allowed them a perfect front-- a silence that has fostered untold perversions without punishment-- and finally, to admit it would threaten the Holy See's insistance upon a celibate priesthood. It would open the door to married priests, female priests... and would ultimately topple the power structure that has thrived in an all-male, unmarried enclave for centuries.
The pope figures he can hunker down and let his henchmen snarl and spit, and eventually it will all fade away... so awesome is the power of the Catholic Church
but I don't think that will happen this time.
It's all too apparent that the emperor has no clothes...that he himself was intrumental in covering over scandals during the last pope's very long reign as head of a church that was feverishly undoing all the healthy changes of Vatican II: except for rabid traditionalists, Catholics are tired of the lies. The papal strong arm isn't working anymore, and denial is impossible forever.
What is the church to do?
Admit it. Show contrition. Change....(something that was started in the 60's, but was sadly shut down.) Open the windows... hang out the dirty laundry but for heaven sakes- wash it. Go from there.
IT HAPPENED. IT WAS COVERED OVER. ABETTED, DENIED.... AND IT CONTINUED.
It's ridiculous to thrash about and appear indignant or put upon when it's the irrefutable truth, so ADMIT IT... be contrite, ferchrissakes.
Now I ask you....why would the church stonewall on this issue? Because they're afraid of more law suits, less wealth? Yes, that's undoubtedly one reason.
Because admitting it makes the church seem less of a moral flagship in the world? Yes... but realisically the harm has already been done, so admit it and go forward from here.
Now for the BIG QUESTION....what would 'admitting it' lead to? To admit it would be to acknowledge that for centuries, a celibate church has attracted and housed any number of deviates, and allowed them a perfect front-- a silence that has fostered untold perversions without punishment-- and finally, to admit it would threaten the Holy See's insistance upon a celibate priesthood. It would open the door to married priests, female priests... and would ultimately topple the power structure that has thrived in an all-male, unmarried enclave for centuries.
The pope figures he can hunker down and let his henchmen snarl and spit, and eventually it will all fade away... so awesome is the power of the Catholic Church
but I don't think that will happen this time.
It's all too apparent that the emperor has no clothes...that he himself was intrumental in covering over scandals during the last pope's very long reign as head of a church that was feverishly undoing all the healthy changes of Vatican II: except for rabid traditionalists, Catholics are tired of the lies. The papal strong arm isn't working anymore, and denial is impossible forever.
What is the church to do?
Admit it. Show contrition. Change....(something that was started in the 60's, but was sadly shut down.) Open the windows... hang out the dirty laundry but for heaven sakes- wash it. Go from there.
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