I found it revolting when in the United States, alleged cases of long time predatory Pedophiles hiding behind the robes of Catholic Priests became public knowledge. American Catholic Church Leaders proclaimed they knew nothing of it. A mostly blind eye was apparently given from a legal standpoint. For the most part it appeared, the American Catholic Church was given free reign to cover up its mess as it saw fit, at least from an outside perspective.
I could and can not begin to fathom how God fearing Christians who call themselves Catholics, donated untold hundreds of thousands of dollars through weekly collections to help the American Catholic Church publicly defend, and possibly hide alleged Pedophiles. How can one human treat another human in such a manner and sleep at night? How can presumably upstanding American Catholics and humble citizens treat other American Catholics in such a profane inhuman way?
These were not matters of drunken priest or two serving mass, or an all to human priest who secretly complete a human act, and have sex with an adult woman. These were pedophile predators preying on helpless children! And Parishioners willingly paying to have these outrageous vile acts hidden away as if they never happened.
I found it unimaginable that God fearing Catholic Christians could take this action! Knowing this made me, and still does make me want to vomit at the idea of the mindlessness of what appears to be the average American Catholic. Those predators should have been sought out and brought to trial, not sent away to a Catholic Paraclete or other Catholic hostel for ‘reform’ schooling.
Not so apparently in Ireland where demands are coming from inside the Irish Catholic Church leadership ranks for justice! Perhaps Ireland’s Catholic population has had enough of the whispers of ongoing abuse and worse in the Irish Catholic Church, and sees this for what it really is?
