So what should we do in this crisis: Act for the good of the victims or act for the good of the Church.

It is now well established by a Pennsylvania Court that the victims of abuse in the Church were young boys in puberty and teenagers , yes and even seminarians. They accounted for 4 out of 5 of the victims. I can almost hear the moans from some as they read this, "I do not want to know" They will turn to another blog that will say the things they want to hear. Certainly not this stuff. But let me put it another way "Where would Jesus stand on this issue?" Perhaps that will not work either because they want the unity of the Church to be the major issue in this, not the abused victims. Well maybe that is too strong. But we have lovely little communities that we go to on a Sunday where everyone is nice and if you talk about this some will not be so nice to you. The truth is that we do not care for the victims. We do not put them first and we support the prelates who cover up the brutal assaults on young men because they are all very nice people our prelates are. O yes, we have a safeguarding team in our parishes and our children are safe from the predators in the community. but what happens if the predator is the priest and it is indeed the priests who were responsible for the assaults which got us in this mess in the first place. A small minority yes, but enough to create a prejudice against the Church in the first place. But of course it will be OK, it is just people in the Church causing trouble by raising the subject and making us all feel guilty. May I just say if you feel guilty then at least you are developing a conscience. Now for my next outrageous statement. The problem is caused by homosexuals being allowed into the priesthood. How dare I blame honosexuals. No I am not saying all homosexuals and probably the majority are involved in sexual abuse but the record of the Catholic Churh is that they have a very real problem in judging who is a predator and who is a decent person. Pope St John Paul said that because of this homosexuals should not enter the priesthood. But we have prelates now who put their judgement before the safety of the young people they are meant to care for. They are playing Russian Roulette with our young people. Of course they want to be popular, be human, do the 'right' thing. The right thing is to follow the advice of Pope St John Paul and do not bring men with same sex attraction into an environment where the closest friends you have will be other male priests in a predominantly male club. Put the victim first not the Church!!

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