I can. I was an altar boy for a brief time. The priest once invited my brother and I into the residential quarters in the back for a "special treat" after the service. We never got the treat, because my Dad showed up unexpectedly. I still recall the look of panic upon seeing my Dad. Its as if Dad knew of the potential. I must ask myself, If he hadn't shown up to ruin the priest's only chance, would our Dad have to choose who to believe ?
@@bobgillis1137 your dad would have believed you two boys. The priest is evil!...your dad showed up just on time and probably told the priest to watch his step or else!
The movie "SPOTLIGHT" is a true story ...and only covers BOSTON. For those that religious people people who think this is all a joke ....SHAME ON YOU .....PARTICULARLY ALL CATHOLICS!!!! Say nothing and YOU ARE ALL COMPLICIT!!!! We have now found out about potentially and estimated over 20,000 native children in Canada, since the early 1900's, in what was called "RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS" allegedly set up by the Canadian FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE DAY, for the many decades, AND PRINICIPALLY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ASSIGNED TO RUN THEM. UNMARKED GRAVES AT OR NEAR THESE SCHOOLS IS NOW THE DISCOVERY SURFACING ....APPARENTLY THANKS TO GROUND RADAR SEARCH TECHNIQUES ....WITH THE RESULTS OF HUNDREDS OF REMAINS BEING DISCOVERED!!!! EVERY FEDERAL CANADIAN GOVERNMENT (PRIME MINISTERS AND ASSIGNED MINISTERS) OF THE DAY, AND CATHOLIC PEOPLE ACROSS CANADA AT THESE SCHOOLS AND PARTICULARLY IN OTTAWA, ALONG WITH EVERY RCMP DETACHMENT ACROSS CANADA IS SUSPECT. WITHOUT A DOUBT, EVERY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE DECADES HAS FAILED TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY. AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WILL BE EVERY RCMP CHIEF ACROSS CANADA AS WELL. IT IS TIME TO PUT AN END TO THIS AND FORCE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO RELEASE ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS IMMEDIATELY. APOLOGIES FROM THIS CHURCH ARE COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS AND WITHOUT ANY SINCERITY, HENCE A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. IT IS TIME TO NAME ALL THESE CHURCH "OFFICIALS" FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM, WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT EVERY ONE OF THESE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS THROUGH THESE MANY DECADES .....AS WELL AS EVERY GOVERNMENT LEADER AND MINISTER ....AND EVERY RCMP OFFICIAL. IF GOVERNMENTS AND POLICE GROUPS ARE NOT PREPARED TO PURSUE THESE OFFENDERS, THEN THEY ARE COMPLICIT IN THESE CRIMES AND SHOULD ALSO BE LEGALLY CHARGED ACCORDINGLY.
@@taxicamel A CATHOLIC PRIEST WRITES TO THE NEW YORK TIMES - MARCH 2015 Dear Brother Journalist: I am a simple Catholic Priest. I am happy & proud of my vocation. I've been living in Angola for 20 years as a Missionary. I have read in a number of publications, especially in your newspaper, the amplified stories of paedophilic Priests, always portrayed in a morbid way with detailed research into past errors in the lives of these Priests. There was one, in a city in the USA in the 70’s; another in Australia in the 80’s; & so forth, some more recent…. Certainly, all these incidents were condemnable! …I feel enormous sadness about the immense harm that some men who should have been signs of the Love of God have been swords in the lives of innocent children. There are no words to justify such acts. There is no doubt that the Church must be on the side of the weak & most vulnerable. For that reason, all the measures that can be taken to prevent these acts & protect the dignity of the children should be an absolute priority. But, isn’t it strange that there is so little news & such lack of interest in the thousands of Priests who are sacrificing their lives daily & dedicating themselves, body & soul, to millions of children, to adolescents & to the most disadvantaged of these in all four corners of the world? I am sure the following would be of no interest to your newspaper: That I've had to transport many starving children along roads that were mined during the 2002 war… in Angola, because the government has been unable to do it & NGO’s have not been authorised; That I've had to bury dozens of children displaced by the war; That we have saved the lives of thousands in Mexico by running the only health centre within a zone of 90,000sq.km & by distributing food & grain; That we have been able to procure education & schools for more than 110,000 children in the last 10 years; It passes without interest that, along with other Priests, we have had to rescue nearly 12,000 people in guerrilla camps, after they were forced to give up their weapons because the UN & government food never arrived; It’s not an interesting news item that a 75year old Priest, Fr. Roberto, traveled all across the city of Luanda, caring for street children, guiding them to safe houses, so that they could be detoxed from the gasoline they inhaled while earning their living as flame throwers; Teaching literacy skills to hundreds of prisoners is no longer news; The other Priests, like Fr. Stephan, organise safe houses, so that the young, maltreated, beaten & even raped can find refuge there; Nor is it of any interest that Fr. Maiato, 80 years old, visits homes for the poor, one by one, comforting the sick & vulnerable; Today, it’s not news that out of 40,000 Priests & religious, more that 6,000 have left their countries & their families to serve their brothers in leper colonies, in hospitals, in refugee camps, in orphanages for children accused of sorcery or whose parents have died from AIDS,…. etc. Or, especially, that most Priests are spending their lives in Parishes & Missions, motivating people to live better and, more importantly, to love better; It's not news that my friend, Fr. Marcus Aurelius, in order to save children during the war in Angola, transported them from Kalulo to Dondo, & that, when returning to his Mission house, he was machine-gunned on the road; that Br. Francis, with 5 female catechists died in an accident on their way to help in the most remote rural areas of the country; That dozens of Missionaries in Angola have died from simple malaria because of poor sanitation; That others have been blown to bits by mines while visiting their faithful; currently, in the cemetery of Kalulo, lie the tombs of the first Priests who arrived in the area …none of them older than 40; It's not news to follow a “normal” Priest doing his daily work; experiencing his troubles & his joys, spending his whole life with no attention in the community he serves. The truth is, that we are not trying to make news, only simply, to bring the “Good News”; this News which, with no fanfare, began on ‘Easter Morning’. A tree that falls makes more noise than a thousand which stand & grow (talking about a ‘fallen’ Priest). A great deal more attention is paid to a Priest who commits an error than to the thousands who give their lives for the myriads of poor & needy. I don’t pretend to apologise for the Church & its Priests. A Priest is neither a hero nor a neurotic. He’s simply a normal man, who, with his human nature, seeks to follow Jesus & to serve Him by serving others. There is in us misery, poverty & fragility, as there is in every human being; but there is also beauty & grandeur, as there is in every creature. When you insist on advancing such a painful theme in an obsessive & persecuting manner, while ignoring the bigger picture of their work, you create truly offensive caricatures of Catholic Priests, & these wound me. I ask only, dear Journalist, that you look for the true, the good & the beautiful. It would greatly elevate your profession. In Christ, Fr. Martin Lasarte, SDB (“My past, Lord, I entrust to Your Mercy; my present to Your Love; my future to Your Providence”) (Taken from “Scandalous Mercy” by Sr. Emmanuel page 86-89)?
@@jillmariedennis1633 This had been the way of the Catholic Church. They also turned "Blind eyes" to Mafia leaders. Oh what the "Almighty dollars" will buy! Ever heard of the saying, money is the root of all EVILS? 🤔
People get life in prison for carrying a few grams of weed & these sickos get a few months for each child's life they destroy. Something is very, very wrong.
Nope, more like she needs to be disbarred for violating the free establishment of religion and democracy. We need to send a message loud and clear to authorities to keep their nose out of the business of the church before they get it cut off.
@@Harlem55 😮 So, you're okay with children being SA and their perpetrators getting a new address to continue the victimization elsewhere?🤔 Okay, got it!😢
Wow. This mirrors exactly what happened to my 11 year old daughter when she was assaulted by an LDS church leader. They will do anything to protect their money, image and power.
Very true and as i witnessed,the same priests got affairs with married women,any woman so when some people take to notice , they find mothers and daughters have been abused.
@@patrickkaggwa6328 Hello ,here its about catholic priests confession ,while the immorality in kamba community is being addressed in another platform. We can't address one problems by yelling about others out there. I know it hurts to hear your church under attack but its a good thing to clean Abba's house and warn others especially young girls and boys to be alert. I pray this menace stop in this generation and priests allowed to marry and uphold holiness. Peace to you.
@@justinamusyoka4986 Being energetic you can multi task,address other problems as well.Who knows one day you may be the gate keeper to heaven!Keep working!
As a recovered Roman Catholic we always knew this. Stay away from the priest was the rule....ungodly bunch of people... Now you all know as well... Hold them accountable
@@judyswiderski2682 Exactly. "Once a Catholic, always a Catholic". You might be a 'recovering' Catholic - a never ending process- but one never quite actually 'recovers' from Catholicism which is a most virulent disease. I dumped it all at 18, over 60 years ago, rosary, Roman breviary and my Catholicism right into the bin wen the lot, the day I walked out of my seminary, June 1961. Keith MANCHESTER
Imagine the abused they put up with back in the days when IF YOU ACCUSED A TEACHER, PRIEST, COP, TEACHER OF ABUSE YOU GOT IN TROUBLE, CALLED A LIAR.....
@@initiall4110: His pitiful, lenient sentence is disgusting. I am ashamed of our judicial system here in America, and the Canadian judicial system is apparently no different.
I'm starting to think that one of the requirements to become a priest is that fellow priests got to know that you are sick like them and will keep the abuse secret.
@@allisontaylor1818 oh that s everywhere, not only in Canada! we Have very hard cases here in France too! i remind a priest,abusing kids during more than 30 years, and almost the same to be in trial! every body knew!from the bottom to the top!
@Sharon Belleville it’s the Catholic and the Canadian Churches, in conjunction with the Crown- the Canadian government, an extension of the British Crown, that colluded with the Churches by not prosecuting pedo priests and their coverup bishops, and in turn the religious institutions supported the government policy of genocide towards indigenous people, specifically via the residential schools, administered by the religious orders who were the teachers etc. Quebec is like Ireland. They had 2 oppressors- a conquering foreign power they’ve been oppressed by and resisted-the British- the knowable enemy, and the Catholic Church, which they turned to to protect and defend them, but was equally as abusive as the first, the deceiving enemy. Shame on the Lying, Perverted Church! Shame on the murderous, perverted Crown!
@@pbohearn yes exactly what you said and definitely shame on the crown that institution definitely is equally involved and the big heart of it all starts with the catholic Vatican
They should get locked up and throw away the key, they never should be released back into society they can't be trusted, it's a massive betrayal on many levels.
Complicity is a crime, too! My uncle was a priest. He came out of the Catholic Church in the early 80s. He only said there are serious problems in the Church! He never elaborated. Now everyone knows the serious problems!
Dear See Eh, I am so angry for what they did to your father. It is wrong and these criminals should have gotten lifelong! Did they get away with it? I guess they did, right? Instead your father has lifelong trauma. It must have been such a tough life for him and also for you. How are you and your father doing? I just want to let you and your father know that tonight I will pray for you and I am seeing the injustice and the pain done to you and feeling with you in my heart. Please convey my love and support to your father. All the best dear. You are both strong. Kind regards from Amsterdam, Holland
They should have prosecuted every person involved in this. All the way up as far as it goes. And how could it happen? A group with way to much power who peddle fairy tales and empty promises.
Lolita Alagao, the Bishops protect the pedophile priests because the Bishops are pedophiles too and this corruption goes all the way up to the Papacy. This church is corrupt from top to bottom.
What the church's have to realise, they are being kept alive by the 30,s 40, s generations!! Their is no total dependancy on them anymore? Too many charities, who can fulfill there' pressance!!! God is there for every living person, everywhere! We don't need buildings? The men who have postions in religious capacity, are pauper's! Paid by a very old tradition,? But they still give their souls to God. They are wasted in an institution, that still deprives themselves and family of a decent wage to live on. Also it's about time my faith, non practising as I am allowed priests to marry,God never made rules, on any life! He just asked us to pray? Believe in our lord, read the Bible. it's crazy in this day and age, some religions hasn't moved on. I'm open to every comment, that wants to reply...
@@barbaraestabrooks8444 Barbara, time is near, and if enough of us feel the same, voice our views it will make a difference, I hope. I'm up for any suggestions to express my opionins! On my past religious experiences. And the exploitations in my opinion of employees of all religions, who are under paid, over worked, to serve a business! In a name of religion!!!
@@christinalock9937 Please don't take this in the wrong way but I am just wondering what pay or buildings or any of the other things you mentioned have to do with the subject matter of this video? A person, in or out of the religious field, either has morals, principles, decency, real love (not the huggy, feelie, kissie, touching thing that so many mistake for love) for humanity or they don't. Those characteristics are not dependent on how much someone is paid or their place of employment. To take advantage of an innocent child in this way is evil. The people who perpetrate this evil and the ones who cover it up are an abomination. They lack character, decency and should be, in my opinion, taken to a remote island and dropped off where they cannot harm children. None of this shuffling from one place to another. They can practice their deviant behavior on each other. Oh, there are plenty of married deviants so letting the priests get married isn't going to solve the problem either. This type of behavior can be found lots of places other than the Catholic Church -- all denominations, social services, community recreation departments, Scouting programs, schools, anywhere where there are children. Parents, grandparents, step-parents, any relative or family friend can carry out this evil. it all boils down to evil thoughts and evil thoughts come in all shapes and sizes to everyone. It depends on whether one listens to those evil thoughts and acts on them. PERIOD. The Bible tells us to RESIST THE DEVIL and he will flee from you. It also says if your right hand offends you, cut it off, and, not to be overcome with evil but to overcome evil with good. A lot of these types position themselves in places where they can work their evil deeds, it's premeditated. If they WILL NOT control themselves they need to be taken to that island I mentioned or undergo a lobotomy. Innocent children should not have to suffer because these people think evil thoughts and act on them for their own sinful, warped sense pleasure. Oh, one other thing. The 10 commandments are the rules and they came from God for our benefit.
I was raised in a Roman-catholic family , my father was a very devout man but he was not blind. He discussed about politics with our priest and though I was a small girl I liked it to be around. This happened in the sixties when the Vietnam war took place and the students demonstrated against the war. I was lucky , nobody ever abused me and our catholic community was strong. We went on vacations several times and it was really wonderful. Now there is no community anymore .How horrible for the victims what they were going through. When I was a young grown-up woman my father told me that a priest mentioned to him that the Catholic church was paying for two illegitime children a priest would procreate. He was shocked and disgusted and so was I. Now I 'm still believing in God but not in the church anymore! Their members are in the most cases hypocrites!
@Sandra Turajlich You are far better than him:A CATHOLIC PRIEST WRITES TO THE NEW YORK TIMES - MARCH 2015 Dear Brother Journalist: I am a simple Catholic Priest. I am happy & proud of my vocation. I've been living in Angola for 20 years as a Missionary. I have read in a number of publications, especially in your newspaper, the amplified stories of paedophilic Priests, always portrayed in a morbid way with detailed research into past errors in the lives of these Priests. There was one, in a city in the USA in the 70’s; another in Australia in the 80’s; & so forth, some more recent…. Certainly, all these incidents were condemnable! …I feel enormous sadness about the immense harm that some men who should have been signs of the Love of God have been swords in the lives of innocent children. There are no words to justify such acts. There is no doubt that the Church must be on the side of the weak & most vulnerable. For that reason, all the measures that can be taken to prevent these acts & protect the dignity of the children should be an absolute priority. But, isn’t it strange that there is so little news & such lack of interest in the thousands of Priests who are sacrificing their lives daily & dedicating themselves, body & soul, to millions of children, to adolescents & to the most disadvantaged of these in all four corners of the world? I am sure the following would be of no interest to your newspaper: That I've had to transport many starving children along roads that were mined during the 2002 war… in Angola, because the government has been unable to do it & NGO’s have not been authorised; That I've had to bury dozens of children displaced by the war; That we have saved the lives of thousands in Mexico by running the only health centre within a zone of 90,000sq.km & by distributing food & grain; That we have been able to procure education & schools for more than 110,000 children in the last 10 years; It passes without interest that, along with other Priests, we have had to rescue nearly 12,000 people in guerrilla camps, after they were forced to give up their weapons because the UN & government food never arrived; It’s not an interesting news item that a 75year old Priest, Fr. Roberto, traveled all across the city of Luanda, caring for street children, guiding them to safe houses, so that they could be detoxed from the gasoline they inhaled while earning their living as flame throwers; Teaching literacy skills to hundreds of prisoners is no longer news; The other Priests, like Fr. Stephan, organise safe houses, so that the young, maltreated, beaten & even raped can find refuge there; Nor is it of any interest that Fr. Maiato, 80 years old, visits homes for the poor, one by one, comforting the sick & vulnerable; Today, it’s not news that out of 40,000 Priests & religious, more that 6,000 have left their countries & their families to serve their brothers in leper colonies, in hospitals, in refugee camps, in orphanages for children accused of sorcery or whose parents have died from AIDS,…. etc. Or, especially, that most Priests are spending their lives in Parishes & Missions, motivating people to live better and, more importantly, to love better; It's not news that my friend, Fr. Marcus Aurelius, in order to save children during the war in Angola, transported them from Kalulo to Dondo, & that, when returning to his Mission house, he was machine-gunned on the road; that Br. Francis, with 5 female catechists died in an accident on their way to help in the most remote rural areas of the country; That dozens of Missionaries in Angola have died from simple malaria because of poor sanitation; That others have been blown to bits by mines while visiting their faithful; currently, in the cemetery of Kalulo, lie the tombs of the first Priests who arrived in the area …none of them older than 40; It's not news to follow a “normal” Priest doing his daily work; experiencing his troubles & his joys, spending his whole life with no attention in the community he serves. The truth is, that we are not trying to make news, only simply, to bring the “Good News”; this News which, with no fanfare, began on ‘Easter Morning’. A tree that falls makes more noise than a thousand which stand & grow (talking about a ‘fallen’ Priest). A great deal more attention is paid to a Priest who commits an error than to the thousands who give their lives for the myriads of poor & needy. I don’t pretend to apologise for the Church & its Priests. A Priest is neither a hero nor a neurotic. He’s simply a normal man, who, with his human nature, seeks to follow Jesus & to serve Him by serving others. There is in us misery, poverty & fragility, as there is in every human being; but there is also beauty & grandeur, as there is in every creature. When you insist on advancing such a painful theme in an obsessive & persecuting manner, while ignoring the bigger picture of their work, you create truly offensive caricatures of Catholic Priests, & these wound me. I ask only, dear Journalist, that you look for the true, the good & the beautiful. It would greatly elevate your profession. In Christ, Fr. Martin Lasarte, SDB (“My past, Lord, I entrust to Your Mercy; my present to Your Love; my future to Your Providence”) (Taken from “Scandalous Mercy” by Sr. Emmanuel page 86-89)?
@@patrickkaggwa6328 you did good work. and no one will deny that, i respect people who do what you did. but i wont respect you cuz you are religious or anything, i respect you as a person. and me, as a person. despise most religions, mainly cuz they are often the main reason for conflict and murder. and cuz of things like pedo's and the wrongdoing towards innocent children. i dont think that the things you did should have been done cuz you believe in god (and i see you dont mention it as such) but i think you should do it cuz you believe in humanity. im not religious whatsoever but im open to learn about religion. but i will never ever become religious. so, i ask you now, as a person to person. if you ever encounter anyone in your profession/religion that would be involved in pedophelia, to report them. right away. prove the people who think the church covers these things up wrong. this is a huge problem and always has been a huge problem. but now is the time to stop being blind towards it. we live in 2020 now and not in 1820.
SupahFly Except Patrick didn’t do those things. He was just quoting something that someone else wrote. I believe that some religious leaders do some good work, but For all the riches, it’s pretty puny.
Cause the entire church is infiltrated by these corruption all the way upto the superior(all are predators who are uniting and defending themselves for this unspeakable monsterous crime) , so the victims should come forward including all the public and take down the corrupted church,if it's still called a church.plus, the authorities and the government also has to be involved on this , cause 6years only for such cruelty to innocent children, should have gotten life with no parole.
@@metronetrail So you are human, but aren't we all? This doesn't enable you or anyone else to commit such depraved crimes, or any other crimes. Don't ever use your "humanity" as an excuse for wrongdoing!!!
You know, the trauma of sexual harassment never leaves. It stays on your memory, every time you look back at something that reminds it, suddenly you feel choked by the emotion when you were going through, no matter how old are you, that’s why you should take the sexual harassment case seriously, it took a part of people’s life. Bcs that’s what i feel and many others sexual harassment victims
true, I can't get a good night sleep always wake up from nightmares see it over and over! and it happened in 2011, it never goes away there is always a look over shoulder, a sound that makes you jump, a smell that reminds you of the day all over but you get over it and put one foot in front of other.
@@marieSnowtruthjustice There is a God - he chooses to work through human vessels. The Grand designer of the universe sees and knows all. The books will be opened on judgement day. We walk by faith, not sight.
@ I've read that Catholicism was a compromise between the mystery religions of Rome and the teachings of the early church (from Jesus & his followers) The pantheon of roman gods took on the form of "saints" They are representative of archetypal figures meant to be modeled after sun worship. Roman Catholicism is simply sun worship. This is where the term "Mystery Babylon" from the Book of Revelation fits in perfectly.
As a product of St. Anne's Residential School (Fort Albany, Ont.), I went through all forms of abuse. You name it, I went through it. I commend all those that step forward and bring it into the open. It's a step in the right direction towards healing.
Ugh! St. Anne’s!! I am so sorry you had to live through that nightmare. I hope that you now have the peaceful and beautiful life you have ALWAYS deserved.
I'm so relieved and happy that the little girl's mother believed her about the abuse. For anyone to abuse a child is unforgivable but for a man of God to do so there's not enough punishment. That includes those that covered it up.
Both of you are expressing or condemning an indecent behavoir of a man of the color (priest) which you do not approve of,so any attack should be towards the RCC church not between yourselves. RCC boasts of a membership of over 1 billion and those are the people who should be enlightened to see the deception the clergy does to minors and adults as well.I was a victim at some point and the bad feelings of regret and helplessness made me leave churches for the rest of my life.I dont direct my children towards church people anymore.
Honestly the fact that people still go to these churches affirms them in a way. Also that the bishops lie is just something else altogether. Religion is a business and people need to understand that at this point.
It’s not just Canada though it’s everywhere that child abusers get away almost Scott free while a simple weed possession can land them in prison longer in the USA sometimes they get months compared to other crimes that r not as heavy
@@dianemercer9916 it’s not just within the Catholic Church it’s in all churches just the Catholic Church is and will always be main focus because it’s as big as it is ppl just focus on the Catholic Church when it’s in every religion where there is some sort of power there will always be evil the problem with any religion is the fact that they say pray on it or ask god for forgiveness when in reality if someone says there is a problem they need help they should be taken seriously not be told to go pray on it or ask god for answers
I was raised into the Catholic church..at the age of 17 in 1989 ..I started to hear about this..it's the highest form of repulsion and I have not had respect for any religion since..nor do I wish to
@@vincentcharles607 the Roman Catholic church has NEVER taught the gospel. They have systemically REMOVED all guilt from priests and refused to compensate the victims. Catholic churches are NOT christian. Most people make that mistake. They worship 'saints' and the 'mother of God'. They do NOT believe in Jesus Christ and God. Only money and power
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 Yes you can blacklist it but you are wrong about Catholic people not believing in Jesus they read in their declaration of faith at mass it's called the Apostles Creed and Niceen Creed just as the Anglican Church also does, also yes I agree they give too much creedance to Mary and saints. Jesus is the way, truth, life, people should follow him.
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 obviously you are a “born again evangelical “. They all make the same remarks against the Catholic Church. Catholics do not worship saints or the Virgin Mary. Get your facts straight before denigrating an institution you know nothing about. The Roman Catholic Church is a Christian church. Catholics believe in God the Father, The Son and Holy Spirit. Every church has some dark history not that that eliminates what these monsters have done to children, but every church has a history of sexual abuse against children and young adults.
Not so simple. As they say society is geared not to look up to the next level. Are the cops more corruption than the district attorneys? the DAs more corrupt than the judges? It appears than the son of the president of the United States is a man of low character. Raw power seems to triumph. The only things that saves us is that often justice prevails because Corruption produces hubris.
My parents were adamant I not go to the same Catholic grade school as my 2 much older siblings, even though it was 2 blocks from our house. I got carted clear to the other side of town to the other one for 4 years until we moved closer to it. I never got a straight answer on that one. I know my sister hated her school experience and won't talk about it. I can only guess.
@Mary Carroll, atheist molest too. Yes, indeed. But they don't have a powerful institution to cover up for them. They don't make amends with the bishop, ask forgiveness to Jesus, wear their stupid dresses and preach from the pulpit moral lessons.
I agree completely that law enforcement failed in their duties to arrest this evil predator of children and bring the case before the local D.A. for prosecution. It is unfortunate that they let the Catholic Church handle the "problem"!!
LORD NINNYCOCK,,,,,, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL NOT DO ANYTHING BUT ACCUSE THE VICTIMS OF LYING!!!!! ITS BEEN PROVEN. SO WHY THE POLICE DID NOTHING?????? YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.
As a young child in Germany, I remember that my uncle was involved in the installation of plumbing in a Catholic nunnery. What they found under the building, deep in the cellar, was horrible, there were the corpses of many new born babies.
I show a documentary about nuns coming forward saying the priests are raping them and getting them pregnant and their forced to have abortions .The nuns tell the mother superior but she tells them to keep quiet.
As an altar boy, I was taught that the priest was next to GOD and never to be questioned. I did report one priest and the bishop transferred him and didn't tell anyone. He followed up with me once before transfering the priest to get additional information. He never contacted with me after that. He didn't care. After that, I never reported being abused because it would have been a waist of time. I was abused by 5 priests multiple times. Today, I can't. Drive past a Roman Catholic Church without remembering what happened.
So creepy. I remember a Priest pointing out my 8 year old son and saying, "He would make a great altar boy." Nope, na ugh, and we're not coming back to this church.
Who's head of the church? THE POPE IS ALLOWING THIS!!! and I watch people swam to praise him.... Special place reserved for ALL POPEs an priest's. Not heaven!!!!!
Many people are leaving the Church because they want to be unaccountable. If one gathers 100 lawyers and 100 priests into a room, which group includes more evil men? Men of ordinary morals(by cilic standards)? O high moral. standards? Holy men? And now look at the specific case of this priest, a tue pedophile. How many of his kind among the hundred priests are pedophiles, and how many just fornicators? How many homosexuals?
@@JRobbySh they are not related to our god.our God had no rules, or regulation's for any person, God loved all. Buildings and employee's mean nothing, underpaid brainwashed persons, playing a role! God's love is everywhere if we choose and want it. I say we encourage crime in buildings by supporting it.
So these are the people every one look up to as God and they want to rule the world,. That's unbelievable. These people have a problem , if they can't do without a woman, why pretending to be what you are not , "A Saint" just go right out and have all the women you need .You sexually abuse little girls and get only six years..and now, if a man says to a girl they are charged for sexual abuse .That's not fair. Why do people worship a man and confess their sins to him , that's ridiculous.
Why do they say they "cover things up" and are "enablers"? A lot of them (higher up) could very well be guilty of the same crimes, which means they are not just covering up for others, but for themselves too.
Right. Corruption across the board, all the way up to the higher ups. And their solution? Cover it up, so they keep their imsge intact snd who cares about the victims? Terrible
@@merlem9448 No- The church consists of them and they could simply react by taking the abuse behind Vatican walls where the authorities can't do anything at all about it without causing an international incident.
The movie "Spot Light" is about this very issue and at the end of the movie they give a very long list of the bad around the world. It's HUGE. 6 years! What a horrid insult. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Yes, around the world. It’s astounding the number of children molested here in the US alone. They say the most dangerous time for a child here is between the hours of 3pm and 5pm when their parents are at work and the child is with a trusted caregiver. Foster children are at even greater danger.
”I benefitted from their generosity” What in the world?!?!! Anyone who abuse children or help others facilitate abuse deserve the capitol punishment. Few things are as pure as the soul of a child...
Oh geez ya think? When I grew up in the 80's everyone went to church. You were seen as a nice, good family if you did. There were churches of all denominations on every corner of every street block. Now, thankfully most churches are empty and vacant and many others are torn down. Most people are waking up, this is a good sign. I used to go to church every Sunday, my mother was a Sunday school teacher and my sister and I were in the choir. I haven't been to church since I was a child and I would never go back. I am a spiritual person and I believe in God, but even as a small child I knew the church was a farce.
Catholic is religion but not Jesus Christ. He is the way the truth and the.life...he didnt tell us to go raping others..He says in matthew 18 protect the children.. RELIGION SAYS OTHERWISE
It happened in Purley,South London.The priest was sent to Rome for counselling and then sent to Gatwick Airport as a chaplain.It was there that he got caught and the Church could not protect him this time.The parents of one of the boys he abused attended the same church as I did in a nearby village.The whole family left the Catholic Church ,which did nothing to help them.
@@ronbonora7872 stop visiting their buildings! God never had a building! His love, is around us every time we choose, his love is unconditional without rules.. buildings are a business? Our lord was never that!!
There were several documentaries that were produced in the late 1980's and early 1990's which talked about pedophile priests in the United States a and Canada. Not just catholic, but Mormon and protestants.
He damages their lives, 39 of them, maybe even more, and he gets only 6 years? THE SYSTEM FAILS THE VICTIMS ALL THE TIME. We need to take justice back into our own hands. Those poor innocent little girls. Think about their lives. And what they have to live with for the rest of their life.
You forgot government they’ve know this and allowed it for centuries. Look at the history of the schools for Native children. This is probably where we need to look for child sex trafficking. The church’s and our government.
Jeffery Epstein had a career in it for over 30 years with a net worth of 559 million dollars. He was protected internationally with world wide complacency. The only thing that could possibly help this species is not of this world ~
Policemen have to deal with violent men every day. Judges are more nearly the same as cops. By and large my guess is that a close look would show that judges are more corrupt than bishops.
My father in the 60's was an alter boy until he was 16 in Etobicoke, hockey player as well. He was polarizing and angry, aggressive but closed as a father. Something happened with him. Even though he was verbally abusive he kept us kids away from any church and from getting too intrenched in sports organizations. Systemic multi-generational abuse to own and control the servants.... and Epstein didn't kill himself. Technology will always give people the ability to audit/challenge those in power. I am so saddened by the millions of people affected by abuse. Enraged by those enabling/protecting it... Internet and Bitcoin cannot be uninvented. Profiteers beware. Nothing can be deleted.
This is unbelievable to say the least. Those poor children and how they must have felt! Sacrificial lambs is what they were. We are now seeing what they did to children in residential schools. 215 children died and were buried at the Kamloops school.
I watched that too! Horrible to think what happened to her for speaking out. The Catholic Church has a lot in common with the Mafia, the same cult of Omertà. And it’s not the only church or religion that’s covering up child sex abuse. The Watchtower org. is getting investigated now for its history of covering up abuse and not reporting pedophiles to the proper authorities. Same with the Mormons, Mennonites etc. The lid on this cesspool has to be blown off and the offenders outed.
All my catholic schools always felt ominous and suffocating inside the walls. My mom really wasn't active in the church because of stories like this. So she made sure I was never alone and never noticed by anyone. We're Christian but not catholic. There's a reason so many catholic academies are closing. You're basically overpaying for your child to be at risk for assault
That is what happen when the foxes are in charge of guarding the hen house, it is up to the people themselves to monitor the high ups in the churches and bring the charges on the offenders...
One of the 10 commandments says "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." That's exactly what the church is doing (the false witness).
Six years? ‘Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. I will repay’ Not only is the priest going to be held to a high standard. The Catholic Church is also responsible
Make justice prevail! Bring all to the surface. Holy scripture says demand justice. Fight for justice. Why are children not protected? Come Lord Jesus, Come!
I agree with you. The Catholic Church needs to cease to be, entirely. Then after a long period of time to re-form, with each member of the clergy, high and low, to re-apply for their positions. This way the Church can get rid of its bad apples, and there are many many thousands of them. The statistics of abuse in the US and Canada of child abuse are astounding. From the Church's point of view it makes sense for the low echelons of the Church structure to take the punishment and not the senior people.
@@antoineduchamp4931 Consider the word of God on the subject. "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving her to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry , and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with Thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1 Timothy 4:1-3. "In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men." Matthew 15:9. King James Bible on line Helpful tool: Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary.
Keep comments respectful? Are the abusive Priests and the bishops that cover-up for his pervert priests: Were the clergy that sexually assaulted children respectful?
All those culty buildings that sit on prime urban real estate, quickly should be used to very effectively end homelessness. That would take a political election?
Elections do nothing but change the person that faces accusations. This was a long time coming and was 'supposedly' dealt with by the RCs. NEVER happened, the money is more important to them with their gold ceilings, etc
That would only temporarily alleviate homelessness. You need to give homeless people skills, work clothes, affordable transportation, and jobs so that they can become self-sufficient. That doesn't even address any addictions or mental illness they may be suffering from. Sorry, that's just putting a bandaid on the real problem. Can't blame the churches for that.
@@kitfairchild9784 Core reasoning being that they were encouraged to behave delusionally by traditionalist parents often in the case of homelessness. I just saw about a homeless arsonist being arrested at the beach of LA, who was obviously not caring about the fact that arsons never really produce afterlives, and the pandemic denying freedom marchers carrying crosses like smiley delusional sociopaths during a actual pandemic lockdown sure caused alot of otherwise preventable deaths, and pandemics never really produce afterlives, so you can easily blame the church for that. You can blame em for the killings of all those kids torn from their families and placed into catholic conversion schools even. If you cant blame willful ignorance, are you correct to accuse anyone or group that acts like a political mafia that sells bombs to boost an economy? And those bombs tend to land on people who have stockholm syndrome who were poorly raised to want to overly pretend that bombs produce happy afterlives, or 9/11 hijacked jets, or when those arsons that end up killing atheists that slept in their homes while afterlife professing lynch mobs in the bible belt claimed they were sending a witch to walk on a lake of fire for all eternity. #StockholmSyndrome #EnabledWillfulIgnorance
@@truetech4158 Look, I'm not going to argue with you on this because I think we both fundamentally agree that the Church needs to be held responsible for their crimes and needs to pay restitutions to the victims' families who were sexually abused, physically abused or murdered. The Church owes the indigenous people much more than just a formal apology. My comment was to address the assertion that housing homeless people in Catholic churches was going to end homelessness. These corrupted church officials are not acting in the spirit of God or the Christian faith. And I've yet to encounter a Muslim that claims 9/11 extremists as one of their own. "Holier than thou" and self-righteousness are a form of spiritual pride and is a dangerous slippery slope and every religious person must be mindful to avoid. Being a religious person doesn't make you morally superior to anyone, especially when you let your ego win. Unfortunately, history shows time and time again that power corrupts everything. Name one self-ruling organization, religious or secular, without corruption. I didn't become a Christian for the moral superiority of the clergy and the church but the good news of Jesus Christ. It just reaffirms my belief that no human on this is Earth is infallible. But the real discussion that needs to be had is what actionable steps can the Church to help the victims of these stories. If you want to discuss this more, you can private message me but I'm not going to respond to anymore comments made here.
One of the most horrific stories that stunned me was a Priest that raped a 5 yr old ...running thru the hallway at the church .She was wearing a little dress and got grabbed runningin the hallway to do this just blew me away .I m so sorry they allow these men to move around from place to place and do not get them into therapy or a state of accountabilty.This is surely the responsibility of the Church these abused children .Trust me this is on going this affliction the poor kidz
To turn a blind eye to evil is to allow the evil to grow. AND THAT is all that EVIL ASKS - to be left alone, for no one to impede its mission to deceive, to defile, to destroy. It has no real power, UNLESS we jump on board with it, wallow in it, take it on and do its bidding as these have done. If everyone would search his thoughts and find that which is unlike God's thinking, unlike the mind of Christ Jesus, and then destroy the evil thoughts - deny them oxygen so to speak - then evil would be suffocated & cease to plague us. To me that is what the parable of the tares & wheat is all about - separating the chaff from the wheat, the undesirable from the desirable, that which is beneficial from that which is not. Isaiah 55: 7-9 & Romans 12: 21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with GOOD" pretty much covers it.
I grew up Catholic I attended Catholic schools and lived in a Catholic Community. One day at the urging of the Holy Spirit I picked up the New Testament and actually read the Bible for myself. I was surprised to learn that you'll find no Catholicism in scripture nor will you find any Catholic Church. But what you will find is the glory of his Son and his amazing gospel. I am now a Christian "to the praise of his glorious Grace." Ephesians 1
True .. I would never go back to a catholic church !! It gives me goosebumps when Im in.. if these priests are genuinely offer their lives to God then why these lies and abusive priests exists and the archdiocese did some cover ups !!!
The same thing is happening in our country to this day - priests being quietly shuffled to another place while the young girls/boys are being ridiculed as liars. I wish we had more stable political environment so that these true crimes could finally be thoroughly investigated :-/
I was baptized Catholic at 1 day of age, it's ridiculous and NOT BIBLICAL☝️ I'm so glad I found God at the age of 40. I'm no longer a Catholic. I'm embarrassed that I was a Catholic. I was NOT a Catholic by choice. What does a 1 day old child know? I'm blessed I found a true Protestant Church where I study God's Word Bible. I believe and practice all 10 God's Commandments. I'm a Seventh Day Adventist, we believe in Sola Scriptura, Bible and Bible alone🙏 No traditions. No man made commandments.
In 1975 an investigation was started on the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This was a very complicated and drawn out investigation of pedophile priests in the town who were outed by a boy and his mother. It’s always been one of the things I can’t stand about human beings.... the willingness to turn a blind eye to wrong doing in religious communities, the willingness to cover up horrible abuse done by priests and other clergymen. There’s a huge bias of “kill the messenger”in so many stories of child abuse by pedophile church leaders. Anyone coming forward has to run a very disgusting gauntlet of emotional abuse by people who want them to shut up and go away. A movie about the horror stories in Mount Cashel, “ The Boys of St. Vincent’s”was quite disturbing. Don’t think it’s available these days. Right now there are ongoing investigations in several institutions and churches that have covered up child sex abuse.. Boy Scouts of America, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormon church, Mennonites... to mention a few. Perhaps this will turn into a ground swell of investigations into dozens more. Still can’t understand why people cover these crimes up... there must be a huge moral vacuum in society, a huge unconcern for religion especially to live up to the principles of Christianity they claim to embrace!
These people have no idea how it ruins a woman. I was abused by a lay person who did the readings. I told during confessions. The priest would say, “Our parish? “ No. They sigh in relief and ask nothing else. 🥲
I'm wondering why a father older brother uncle or concerned Neighbors wouldn't have gone after one of these priests and take him to the rectory basement and see if God will help him
Sinead O'Connor ripped up the picture of the Pope on SNL back in 1992 for a reason. She's Irish, she knew what was up!! When she said destroy the REAL enemy.
I am a Catholic, this DOES make me sick that this or any priest should be covered up !!! 😡 I applaud your show for bringing this out . I just ask that you also look into other organizations that have done the same . Make a show about them also, everyone is too concerned about just this one . Not to draw the attention away from the priest but to let others voices heard .
There’s plenty of investigation of the Watchtower org. on TH-cam. Look up the Australian Royal Commission investigation of sex abuse in several Aussie institutions, the Watchtower portion is well worth watching!
I down vote any video with comments disabled. It's too bad that is our only recourse because most of the videos I would definitely vote up if they had an active comment section. 👎
Unreal !!! I love to go to church without a man in a rope I don’t believe in priests .. sorry for being rude I don’t need to go to church to pray !!!! This is very sad 😞 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Nicole Macintyre. You’re correct in that you don’t need a church to pray. But we DO need a Church for the Sacraments. The majority of priests work tirelessly and selflessly to serve their Catholic flock. It’s a good thing that the rotten monsters are being exposed. Their criminal behavior breaks the hearts of faithful Catholics. But we rely upon our consecrated men for the seven sacraments.
@@NBportofino Well, in Roman Catholic church it seems that there is a misinterpretation of the Bible at many levels. The Bible says Bishops should be the husband of one wife. Much of what the RC church has touted as tradition is actually organized religion, not biblical truth. The Bible says to be baptized on the confession of your faith. A baby cannot do that. The bible also says not to worship people or bow down to idols, and that Mary had more children (James, the brother of Jesus). Much as I hate to say this, the RC church is not the true Church of Jesus Christ, it ignores the Bible. Do you read the Bible - do you understand it for yourself? Do you know that God sent Jesus to be propitiation for your sins, and no more sacrifice for sin is required (when RC person takes communion they are crucifying Christ again and again, which is not scriptural). Do you know, you can come boldly before the throne of God knowing that Jesus (not some man) is your mediator? It's time for the power of the Roman Catholic church to be broken over the people. The Bible says: By their fruits you shall know them. It's becoming pretty obvious what type of tree the RC church is growing, and it does not look too much like anything a true saint should be part of. Read the Book 50 years in the Church of Rome by Father Chiniquay if you can get your hands on a copy. The abuse and scandal has been around for 100's of years.
5060northernmama The Roman Catholic Church precedes the Bible be a century and in fact wrote the Bible. Bishops marriage to one wife means married to the Bride of Christ - the Church. You cannot possibly understand the Bible without understanding its context. Read the early Church fathers for deeper understanding, those who learned from the apostles a century before a book was compiled. Go all the way back to Jesus, who came not to write a book but who left His Church to guide us in His stead.
Mormons do the same, I was in a ward that had a convicted sex offender as the elders quorum president. The Bishop knew the guy had a 12 year old victim and still set him apart as eqp SMH
I am so so very sorry for what has happened to these brave and resilient victims. Please provide each and every one of them EMDR therapy at the perpetrators' and Church's cost! They deserve to be healed and freed of the trauma caused by this abuse and negligence. And the Church must make serious amends for the heinous negligence and abuse of power which has done so much harm and tragedy.
can you imagine knowing a grown man is sexually abusing a child... and you do nothing about it.
I can't - not at all.
I can. I was an altar boy for a brief time. The priest once invited my brother and I into the residential quarters in the back for a "special treat" after the service. We never got the treat, because my Dad showed up unexpectedly. I still recall the look of panic upon seeing my Dad. Its as if Dad knew of the potential.
I must ask myself, If he hadn't shown up to ruin the priest's only chance, would our Dad have to choose who to believe ?
Thats called the sin of " omission"...To those whom much is given,much will be required...
@@bobgillis1137 your dad would have believed you two boys. The priest is evil!...your dad showed up just on time and probably told the priest to watch his step or else!
Emotional problem of father Harvey
Sentenced to 6 years?! The judge should receive a life sentence!
The movie "SPOTLIGHT" is a true story ...and only covers BOSTON. For those that religious people people who think this is all a joke ....SHAME ON YOU .....PARTICULARLY ALL CATHOLICS!!!! Say nothing and YOU ARE ALL COMPLICIT!!!!
We have now found out about potentially and estimated over 20,000 native children in Canada, since the early 1900's, in what was called "RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS" allegedly set up by the Canadian FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE DAY, for the many decades, AND PRINICIPALLY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, ASSIGNED TO RUN THEM.
UNMARKED GRAVES AT OR NEAR THESE SCHOOLS IS NOW THE DISCOVERY SURFACING ....APPARENTLY THANKS TO GROUND RADAR SEARCH TECHNIQUES ....WITH THE RESULTS OF HUNDREDS OF REMAINS BEING DISCOVERED!!!!
EVERY FEDERAL CANADIAN GOVERNMENT (PRIME MINISTERS AND ASSIGNED MINISTERS) OF THE DAY, AND CATHOLIC PEOPLE ACROSS CANADA AT THESE SCHOOLS AND PARTICULARLY IN OTTAWA, ALONG WITH EVERY RCMP DETACHMENT ACROSS CANADA IS SUSPECT.
WITHOUT A DOUBT, EVERY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE DECADES HAS FAILED TO DO WHAT IS NECESSARY. AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WILL BE EVERY RCMP CHIEF ACROSS CANADA AS WELL.
IT IS TIME TO PUT AN END TO THIS AND FORCE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TO RELEASE ALL THEIR DOCUMENTS IMMEDIATELY. APOLOGIES FROM THIS CHURCH ARE COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS AND WITHOUT ANY SINCERITY, HENCE A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME.
IT IS TIME TO NAME ALL THESE CHURCH "OFFICIALS" FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM, WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT EVERY ONE OF THESE RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS THROUGH THESE MANY DECADES .....AS WELL AS EVERY GOVERNMENT LEADER AND MINISTER ....AND EVERY RCMP OFFICIAL.
IF GOVERNMENTS AND POLICE GROUPS ARE NOT PREPARED TO PURSUE THESE OFFENDERS, THEN THEY ARE COMPLICIT IN THESE CRIMES AND SHOULD ALSO BE LEGALLY CHARGED ACCORDINGLY.
@@taxicamel A CATHOLIC PRIEST WRITES TO THE NEW YORK TIMES - MARCH 2015
Dear Brother Journalist:
I am a simple Catholic Priest. I am happy & proud of my vocation. I've been living in Angola for 20 years as a Missionary. I have read in a number of publications, especially in your newspaper, the amplified stories of paedophilic Priests, always portrayed in a morbid way with detailed research into past errors in the lives of these Priests.
There was one, in a city in the USA in the 70’s; another in Australia in the 80’s; & so forth, some more recent…. Certainly, all these incidents were condemnable!
…I feel enormous sadness about the immense harm that some men who should have been signs of the Love of God have been swords in the lives of innocent children. There are no words to justify such acts. There is no doubt that the Church must be on the side of the weak & most vulnerable. For that reason, all the measures that can be taken to prevent these acts & protect the dignity of the children should be an absolute priority.
But, isn’t it strange that there is so little news & such lack of interest in the thousands of Priests who are sacrificing their lives daily & dedicating themselves, body & soul, to millions of children, to adolescents & to the most disadvantaged of these in all four corners of the world?
I am sure the following would be of no interest to your newspaper:
That I've had to transport many starving children along roads that were mined during the 2002 war… in Angola, because the government has been unable to do it & NGO’s have not been authorised;
That I've had to bury dozens of children displaced by the war;
That we have saved the lives of thousands in Mexico by running the only health centre within a zone of 90,000sq.km & by distributing food & grain;
That we have been able to procure education & schools for more than 110,000 children in the last 10 years;
It passes without interest that, along with other Priests, we have had to rescue nearly 12,000 people in guerrilla camps, after they were forced to give up their weapons because the UN & government food never arrived;
It’s not an interesting news item that a 75year old Priest, Fr. Roberto, traveled all across the city of Luanda, caring for street children, guiding them to safe houses, so that they could be detoxed from the gasoline they inhaled while earning their living as flame throwers;
Teaching literacy skills to hundreds of prisoners is no longer news;
The other Priests, like Fr. Stephan, organise safe houses, so that the young, maltreated, beaten & even raped can find refuge there;
Nor is it of any interest that Fr. Maiato, 80 years old, visits homes for the poor, one by one, comforting the sick & vulnerable;
Today, it’s not news that out of 40,000 Priests & religious, more that 6,000 have left their countries & their families to serve their brothers in leper colonies, in hospitals, in refugee camps, in orphanages for children accused of sorcery or whose parents have died from AIDS,…. etc.
Or, especially, that most Priests are spending their lives in Parishes & Missions, motivating people to live better and, more importantly, to love better;
It's not news that my friend, Fr. Marcus Aurelius, in order to save children during the war in Angola, transported them from Kalulo to Dondo, & that, when returning to his Mission house, he was machine-gunned on the road; that Br. Francis, with 5 female catechists died in an accident on their way to help in the most remote rural areas of the country;
That dozens of Missionaries in Angola have died from simple malaria because of poor sanitation;
That others have been blown to bits by mines while visiting their faithful; currently, in the cemetery of Kalulo, lie the tombs of the first Priests who arrived in the area …none of them older than 40;
It's not news to follow a “normal” Priest doing his daily work; experiencing his troubles & his joys, spending his whole life with no attention in the community he serves.
The truth is, that we are not trying to make news, only simply, to bring the “Good News”; this News which, with no fanfare, began on ‘Easter Morning’. A tree that falls makes more noise than a thousand which stand & grow (talking about a ‘fallen’ Priest).
A great deal more attention is paid to a Priest who commits an error than to the thousands who give their lives for the myriads of poor & needy. I don’t pretend to apologise for the Church & its Priests.
A Priest is neither a hero nor a neurotic. He’s simply a normal man, who, with his human nature, seeks to follow Jesus & to serve Him by serving others. There is in us misery, poverty & fragility, as there is in every human being; but there is also beauty & grandeur, as there is in every creature.
When you insist on advancing such a painful theme in an obsessive & persecuting manner, while ignoring the bigger picture of their work, you create truly offensive caricatures of Catholic Priests, & these wound me.
I ask only, dear Journalist, that you look for the true, the good & the beautiful. It would greatly elevate your profession.
In Christ,
Fr. Martin Lasarte, SDB
(“My past, Lord, I entrust to Your Mercy; my present to Your Love; my future to Your Providence”)
(Taken from “Scandalous Mercy” by Sr. Emmanuel page 86-89)?
Got that right!!
He is bound by the law and cannot make any sentence he wants. I also think it was a plea anyway.
Canada has notoriously lenient sentences for criminals of all stripes.
Leaving a child alone with a priest should be illegal
sorry, it's not just children.
we need to just outlaw priests.
Guy only got 6yrs? Wow. All those young girls abused, a lifetime of pain they’re left with and this guy gets a mere 6yrs. Smh.
I was surprised too. 36 convictions & only 6 years? Well, he died in prison & hopefully, the victims will get justice by exposing these monsters.
@@jillmariedennis1633 This had been the way of the Catholic Church. They also turned "Blind eyes" to Mafia leaders. Oh what the "Almighty dollars" will buy!
Ever heard of the saying, money is the root of all EVILS? 🤔
People get life in prison for carrying a few grams of weed & these sickos get a few months for each child's life they destroy. Something is very, very wrong.
What I was going to say
@Cynthia Yeah some of them get very low times, depending on their wealth and skin colour anyway.
That DA is a badass. She needs to get an award and be recognized for doing what everyone else was scared to do.
Nope, more like she needs to be disbarred for violating the free establishment of religion and democracy. We need to send a message loud and clear to authorities to keep their nose out of the business of the church before they get it cut off.
@@Harlem55 😮 So, you're okay with children being SA and their perpetrators getting a new address to continue the victimization elsewhere?🤔
Okay, got it!😢
Wow. This mirrors exactly what happened to my 11 year old daughter when she was assaulted by an LDS church leader. They will do anything to protect their money, image and power.
All churches and dominations are given too much power. It's not just the Catholic Church.
There were parents that knew this was happening and were afraid to go against the church. Talk about misplaced allegiance!
Very true and as i witnessed,the same priests got affairs with married women,any woman so when some people take to notice , they find mothers and daughters have been abused.
Like a mixture of fear, and cowardice. Makes me so angry.
@@justinamusyoka4986 Dont forget Ukambani,there are many problems to attend to,remember "uchawi" you can also help plus "usharati"
@@patrickkaggwa6328 Hello ,here its about catholic priests confession ,while the immorality in kamba community is being addressed in another platform.
We can't address one problems by yelling about others out there.
I know it hurts to hear your church under attack but its a good thing to clean Abba's house and warn others especially young girls and boys to be alert.
I pray this menace stop in this generation and priests allowed to marry and uphold holiness.
Peace to you.
@@justinamusyoka4986 Being energetic you can multi task,address other problems as well.Who knows one day you may be the gate keeper to heaven!Keep working!
As a recovered Roman Catholic we always knew this. Stay away from the priest was the rule....ungodly bunch of people...
Now you all know as well...
Hold them accountable
What is a recovered Catholic?
Power corrupts.
I always stayed away even as a kid . Always felt like I needed to be by mom n dad or my Sunday school friends
@@judyswiderski2682 Exactly. "Once a Catholic, always a Catholic".
You might be a 'recovering' Catholic - a never ending process- but one never quite actually 'recovers' from Catholicism which is a most virulent disease.
I dumped it all at 18, over 60 years ago, rosary, Roman breviary and my Catholicism right into the bin wen the lot, the day I walked out of my seminary, June 1961.
Keith
MANCHESTER
@@keithsimpson3078
Congratulations! Good news.
Imagine the abused they put up with back in the days when IF YOU ACCUSED A TEACHER, PRIEST, COP, TEACHER OF ABUSE YOU GOT IN TROUBLE, CALLED A LIAR.....
39 charges and he got 6 years??? What in the heck???? You get 10years for 1st time possession charge. He had many victims and 6 years is a joke!!!
@@initiall4110: His pitiful, lenient sentence is disgusting. I am ashamed of our judicial system here in America, and the Canadian judicial system is apparently no different.
In other countries, 1 case = recrlussion perpetua, means lifetime imprisonment.
6 years is a joke! Only 6 years what a joke!!!
@@ervina02 is I
Video just started and I'm already thinking this exact same thing
Only given 6 years, that’s disgusting
Should have been 6 years for each offence
Ikr.😑🤬
Canada is far to easy on pedophiles. I mean you destroying a life essentially.
Jordan Smith YES he needs 6 bullets.
@@user-lz5wf Pardon? Are all billion of them pedophiles? No one is saying that. What should happen to those who are?
I'm starting to think that one of the requirements to become a priest is that fellow priests got to know that you are sick like them and will keep the abuse secret.
Castration
Wolves in sheep's clothing will speak of love and God when they stand for anything evil.
So right!
True, but, sometimes, too, the wolves don't wear any disguise at all and people still fall in line for their evil...Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot...
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Enabled by hypocrisy of their believers.
This still happens today all the time and priests are hidden and protected by the church.
It’s worse than that. The church is aggressively hiding parish assets so they can claim they’re bankrupt and not pay reparations to their victims.
Not for much longer.....
The church and government are one in the same....
@@allisontaylor1818 oh that s everywhere, not only in Canada! we Have very hard cases here in France too! i remind a priest,abusing kids during more than 30 years, and almost the same to be in trial! every body knew!from the bottom to the top!
@@allisontaylor1818 in Italy and Canada and UK, yes.
If he was abusing native kids, he would have got away with it. That's the sad truth of the residential school system.
@Sharon Belleville it’s the Catholic and the Canadian Churches, in conjunction with the Crown- the Canadian government, an extension of the British Crown, that colluded with the Churches by not prosecuting pedo priests and their coverup bishops, and in turn the religious institutions supported the government policy of genocide towards indigenous people, specifically via the residential schools, administered by the religious orders who were the teachers etc.
Quebec is like Ireland. They had 2 oppressors- a conquering foreign power they’ve been oppressed by and resisted-the British- the knowable enemy, and the Catholic Church, which they turned to to protect and defend them, but was equally as abusive as the first, the deceiving enemy. Shame on the Lying, Perverted Church! Shame on the murderous, perverted Crown!
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@@pbohearn yes exactly what you said and definitely shame on the crown that institution definitely is equally involved and the big heart of it all starts with the catholic Vatican
Why don't do the inquisition with those MF priest??? As they did centuries ago? Catholic church!!
Sounds like he pretty much got away with it regardless
They should get locked up and throw away the key, they never should be released back into society they can't be trusted, it's a massive betrayal on many levels.
No, they should be executed and now.
@BTIsaac Is that a language expected from a righteous soul?just asking
@@hotsauce3700 This one too:www.bbc.com/news/business-47658803
Except it happened in the 1960s.
@BTIsaac I resent that. Your just a bigot.
Complicity is a crime, too!
My uncle was a priest. He came out of the Catholic Church in the early 80s. He only said there are serious problems in the Church! He never elaborated. Now everyone knows the serious problems!
The Island of saints and scorers
These priests assaulted my father. Took him on “special trips” to be alone with him. The pigs.
That's an insult to pigs. More like human pond scum.
Dear See Eh, I am so angry for what they did to your father. It is wrong and these criminals should have gotten lifelong! Did they get away with it? I guess they did, right? Instead your father has lifelong trauma. It must have been such a tough life for him and also for you. How are you and your father doing? I just want to let you and your father know that tonight I will pray for you and I am seeing the injustice and the pain done to you and feeling with you in my heart. Please convey my love and support to your father. All the best dear. You are both strong. Kind regards from Amsterdam, Holland
How horrible!
That's so awful
the truth th-cam.com/video/cJrqLV4yeiw/w-d-xo.html
They should have prosecuted every person involved in this. All the way up as far as it goes. And how could it happen? A group with way to much power who peddle fairy tales and empty promises.
Religion is man made.
The pope should be in prison.
@@marieSnowtruthjustice Yep
@James Williams while I tend to laugh at Scripture i kinda like that part.
Why should priests be above the law?
The higher priests cover his crime bcoz they don’t want that their own crimes might also be revealed....like a chain reaction.
Lolita, they surely will be judged be their fruitage, (rotten),by Jehovah God and His Son Christ Jesus!
Lolita Alagao, the Bishops protect the pedophile priests because the Bishops are pedophiles too and this corruption goes all the way up to the Papacy. This church is corrupt from top to bottom.
What the church's have to realise, they are being kept alive by the 30,s 40, s generations!! Their is no total dependancy on them anymore? Too many charities, who can fulfill there' pressance!!! God is there for every living person, everywhere! We don't need buildings? The men who have postions in religious capacity, are pauper's! Paid by a very old tradition,? But they still give their souls to God. They are wasted in an institution, that still deprives themselves and family of a decent wage to live on. Also it's about time my faith, non practising as I am allowed priests to marry,God never made rules, on any life! He just asked us to pray? Believe in our lord, read the Bible. it's crazy in this day and age, some religions hasn't moved on. I'm open to every comment, that wants to reply...
@@barbaraestabrooks8444 Barbara, time is near, and if enough of us feel the same, voice our views it will make a difference, I hope. I'm up for any suggestions to express my opionins! On my past religious experiences. And the exploitations in my opinion of employees of all religions, who are under paid, over worked, to serve a business! In a name of religion!!!
@@christinalock9937 Please don't take this in the wrong way but I am just wondering what pay or buildings or any of the other things you mentioned have to do with the subject matter of this video? A person, in or out of the religious field, either has morals, principles, decency, real love (not the huggy, feelie, kissie, touching thing that so many mistake for love) for humanity or they don't. Those characteristics are not dependent on how much someone is paid or their place of employment.
To take advantage of an innocent child in this way is evil. The people who perpetrate this evil and the ones who cover it up are an abomination. They lack character, decency and should be, in my opinion, taken to a remote island and dropped off where they cannot harm children. None of this shuffling from one place to another. They can practice their deviant behavior on each other. Oh, there are plenty of married deviants so letting the priests get married isn't going to solve the problem either. This type of behavior can be found lots of places other than the Catholic Church -- all denominations, social services, community recreation departments, Scouting programs, schools, anywhere where there are children. Parents, grandparents, step-parents, any relative or family friend can carry out this evil. it all boils down to evil thoughts and evil thoughts come in all shapes and sizes to everyone. It depends on whether one listens to those evil thoughts and acts on them. PERIOD. The Bible tells us to RESIST THE DEVIL and he will flee from you. It also says if your right hand offends you, cut it off, and, not to be overcome with evil but to overcome evil with good. A lot of these types position themselves in places where they can work their evil deeds, it's premeditated. If they WILL NOT control themselves they need to be taken to that island I mentioned or undergo a lobotomy. Innocent children should not have to suffer because these people think evil thoughts and act on them for their own sinful, warped sense pleasure.
Oh, one other thing. The 10 commandments are the rules and they came from God for our benefit.
I was raised in a Roman-catholic family , my father was a very devout man but he was not blind. He discussed about politics with our priest and though I was a small girl I liked it to be around. This happened in the sixties when the Vietnam war took place and the students demonstrated against the war. I was lucky , nobody ever abused me and our catholic community was strong. We went on vacations several times and it was really wonderful. Now there is no community anymore .How horrible for the victims what they were going through.
When I was a young grown-up woman my father told me that a priest mentioned to him that the Catholic church was paying for two illegitime children a priest would procreate. He was shocked and disgusted and so was I.
Now I 'm still believing in God but not in the church anymore! Their members are in the most cases hypocrites!
I believe in God more than ever but have no faith it the churches or their leaders
We must still have faith in God and his church even though there are many Judas’s there are still so many good and faithful priests
Shame on the church for enabling those monsters.
@Sandra Turajlich You are far better than him:A CATHOLIC PRIEST WRITES TO THE NEW YORK TIMES - MARCH 2015
Dear Brother Journalist:
I am a simple Catholic Priest. I am happy & proud of my vocation. I've been living in Angola for 20 years as a Missionary. I have read in a number of publications, especially in your newspaper, the amplified stories of paedophilic Priests, always portrayed in a morbid way with detailed research into past errors in the lives of these Priests.
There was one, in a city in the USA in the 70’s; another in Australia in the 80’s; & so forth, some more recent…. Certainly, all these incidents were condemnable!
…I feel enormous sadness about the immense harm that some men who should have been signs of the Love of God have been swords in the lives of innocent children. There are no words to justify such acts. There is no doubt that the Church must be on the side of the weak & most vulnerable. For that reason, all the measures that can be taken to prevent these acts & protect the dignity of the children should be an absolute priority.
But, isn’t it strange that there is so little news & such lack of interest in the thousands of Priests who are sacrificing their lives daily & dedicating themselves, body & soul, to millions of children, to adolescents & to the most disadvantaged of these in all four corners of the world?
I am sure the following would be of no interest to your newspaper:
That I've had to transport many starving children along roads that were mined during the 2002 war… in Angola, because the government has been unable to do it & NGO’s have not been authorised;
That I've had to bury dozens of children displaced by the war;
That we have saved the lives of thousands in Mexico by running the only health centre within a zone of 90,000sq.km & by distributing food & grain;
That we have been able to procure education & schools for more than 110,000 children in the last 10 years;
It passes without interest that, along with other Priests, we have had to rescue nearly 12,000 people in guerrilla camps, after they were forced to give up their weapons because the UN & government food never arrived;
It’s not an interesting news item that a 75year old Priest, Fr. Roberto, traveled all across the city of Luanda, caring for street children, guiding them to safe houses, so that they could be detoxed from the gasoline they inhaled while earning their living as flame throwers;
Teaching literacy skills to hundreds of prisoners is no longer news;
The other Priests, like Fr. Stephan, organise safe houses, so that the young, maltreated, beaten & even raped can find refuge there;
Nor is it of any interest that Fr. Maiato, 80 years old, visits homes for the poor, one by one, comforting the sick & vulnerable;
Today, it’s not news that out of 40,000 Priests & religious, more that 6,000 have left their countries & their families to serve their brothers in leper colonies, in hospitals, in refugee camps, in orphanages for children accused of sorcery or whose parents have died from AIDS,…. etc.
Or, especially, that most Priests are spending their lives in Parishes & Missions, motivating people to live better and, more importantly, to love better;
It's not news that my friend, Fr. Marcus Aurelius, in order to save children during the war in Angola, transported them from Kalulo to Dondo, & that, when returning to his Mission house, he was machine-gunned on the road; that Br. Francis, with 5 female catechists died in an accident on their way to help in the most remote rural areas of the country;
That dozens of Missionaries in Angola have died from simple malaria because of poor sanitation;
That others have been blown to bits by mines while visiting their faithful; currently, in the cemetery of Kalulo, lie the tombs of the first Priests who arrived in the area …none of them older than 40;
It's not news to follow a “normal” Priest doing his daily work; experiencing his troubles & his joys, spending his whole life with no attention in the community he serves.
The truth is, that we are not trying to make news, only simply, to bring the “Good News”; this News which, with no fanfare, began on ‘Easter Morning’. A tree that falls makes more noise than a thousand which stand & grow (talking about a ‘fallen’ Priest).
A great deal more attention is paid to a Priest who commits an error than to the thousands who give their lives for the myriads of poor & needy. I don’t pretend to apologise for the Church & its Priests.
A Priest is neither a hero nor a neurotic. He’s simply a normal man, who, with his human nature, seeks to follow Jesus & to serve Him by serving others. There is in us misery, poverty & fragility, as there is in every human being; but there is also beauty & grandeur, as there is in every creature.
When you insist on advancing such a painful theme in an obsessive & persecuting manner, while ignoring the bigger picture of their work, you create truly offensive caricatures of Catholic Priests, & these wound me.
I ask only, dear Journalist, that you look for the true, the good & the beautiful. It would greatly elevate your profession.
In Christ,
Fr. Martin Lasarte, SDB
(“My past, Lord, I entrust to Your Mercy; my present to Your Love; my future to Your Providence”)
(Taken from “Scandalous Mercy” by Sr. Emmanuel page 86-89)?
@@patrickkaggwa6328 you did good work. and no one will deny that, i respect people who do what you did. but i wont respect you cuz you are religious or anything, i respect you as a person. and me, as a person. despise most religions, mainly cuz they are often the main reason for conflict and murder. and cuz of things like pedo's and the wrongdoing towards innocent children.
i dont think that the things you did should have been done cuz you believe in god (and i see you dont mention it as such) but i think you should do it cuz you believe in humanity.
im not religious whatsoever but im open to learn about religion. but i will never ever become religious.
so, i ask you now, as a person to person. if you ever encounter anyone in your profession/religion that would be involved in pedophelia, to report them. right away.
prove the people who think the church covers these things up wrong.
this is a huge problem and always has been a huge problem. but now is the time to stop being blind towards it.
we live in 2020 now and not in 1820.
SupahFly Except Patrick didn’t do those things. He was just quoting something that someone else wrote. I believe that some religious leaders do some good work, but For all the riches, it’s pretty puny.
Sandra Turajlich like cops
@@112523 It is an extract that i posted,it was not me!!!please look again
“ why is it that it’s the victims that have to make the church accountable?” I was so struck by this profound question.
It’s a very very very simple answer. Money.
Those they report to are perpetrators as well,the entire hierarchy.
Oh my word...me too!
Cause the entire church is infiltrated by these corruption all the way upto the superior(all are predators who are uniting and defending themselves for this unspeakable monsterous crime) , so the victims should come forward including all the public and take down the corrupted church,if it's still called a church.plus, the authorities and the government also has to be involved on this , cause 6years only for such cruelty to innocent children, should have gotten life with no parole.
@ Yes! Thank you for saying this truth.
To the woman in the interview who said there were no words for this. I have one. Evil.
I’m Catholic and it’s about time something is done about the corruption of the hierarchy
I'm Human
Bullet-Catcher me too
@@metronetrail So you are human, but aren't we all? This doesn't enable you or anyone else to commit such depraved crimes, or any other crimes. Don't ever use your "humanity" as an excuse for wrongdoing!!!
It's the church of Satan, it's normal.
How can you believe in Jesus and be in a church that teaches the opposite of God's commandments and Jesus teachings?
Thank you Fifth Estate. You always help the voiceless.
You know, the trauma of sexual harassment never leaves. It stays on your memory, every time you look back at something that reminds it, suddenly you feel choked by the emotion when you were going through, no matter how old are you, that’s why you should take the sexual harassment case seriously, it took a part of people’s life. Bcs that’s what i feel and many others sexual harassment victims
It not a shame to speak.When people speak up it brings hope and deliverance.
Victims must speak up.
true, I can't get a good night sleep always wake up from nightmares see it over and over! and it happened in 2011, it never goes away there is always a look over shoulder, a sound that makes you jump, a smell that reminds you of the day all over but you get over it and put one foot in front of other.
in the meantime. someone with weed gets 20 years in prison
YUUUUP!!!
should get death sentence fro destroying the children's future. Rape means killing them silently
i get you point, but noone gets 20 yrs for weed. it is legal in Maine, where i live.
I know of a Mother who.when her daughter told her the parish priest was molesting her .the Mother slapped her across the face.
If this was a black man, he would get 30yrs. How can you acknowledge 39 counts on children less than 10yrs old and you get only 6yrs 😭
Jesus said “better to have a mill stone “giant stone” put around your neck and be thrown in the sea than to offend against children”.
They don't believe in JESUS, or the bible, they had a book called Misal .they only use JESUS for the business , they God is the sun
why do they target such innocent souls....... this pastors read bibles and pray everyday, why are their hearts so hardened
@@carmentrenco9797 Perfectly said... plus, there is no god
@@marieSnowtruthjustice There is a God - he chooses to work through human vessels. The Grand designer of the universe sees and knows all. The books will be opened on judgement day. We walk by faith, not sight.
@ I've read that Catholicism was a compromise between the mystery religions of Rome and the teachings of the early church (from Jesus & his followers) The pantheon of roman gods took on the form of "saints" They are representative of archetypal figures meant to be modeled after sun worship. Roman Catholicism is simply sun worship. This is where the term "Mystery Babylon" from the Book of Revelation fits in perfectly.
No person should Ever bow before another person. That right is only for our Lord Jesus Christ 🙏
Yes! In Christ dwells the fullness of the Godhead.
You bow to your Parents and the Elders in YOUR family…..who you know …..if Questionable, you report….this is how you show respect to your elders…..
Look at how esteemed the monarchy holds itself! 😂 meanwhile the scandal! I'd be disgusted with myself to be one of them snakes...pure evil 😈
As a product of St. Anne's Residential School (Fort Albany, Ont.), I went through all forms of abuse. You name it, I went through it. I commend all those that step forward and bring it into the open. It's a step in the right direction towards healing.
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I pray that you will have healing to your pain
People are so evil
You are more then a survivor!
You deserve the best, I’m so sorry what happened ❤️❤️❤️🙏😔
I commend them too.
Ugh! St. Anne’s!! I am so sorry you had to live through that nightmare. I hope that you now have the peaceful and beautiful life you have ALWAYS deserved.
I'm so relieved and happy that the little girl's mother believed her about the abuse. For anyone to abuse a child is unforgivable but for a man of God to do so there's not enough punishment. That includes those that covered it up.
@BTIsaac I never mentioned "my religion", I'm agnostic, but you obviously feel anger about something.
@BTIsaac Still angry? Take it out elsewhere.
@BTIsaac I'm not arguing religion so I don't understand what your deal may be and have no problem with any one's comment. You are the attacker here.
Both of you are expressing or condemning an indecent behavoir of a man of the color (priest) which you do not approve of,so any attack should be towards the RCC church not between yourselves.
RCC boasts of a membership of over 1 billion and those are the people who should be enlightened to see the deception the clergy does to minors and adults as well.I was a victim at some point and the bad feelings of regret and helplessness made me leave churches for the rest of my life.I dont direct my children towards church people anymore.
Probably because the moms have experienced the same as a child
Honestly the fact that people still go to these churches affirms them in a way.
Also that the bishops lie is just something else altogether. Religion is a business and people need to understand that at this point.
Imagine any other institution getting away with the systematic rape of children for decades, with total impunity and rarely facing any justice.
They are facing justice! Their kingdom is crumbling before their eyes and they can't repent enough to stop it! Good riddance!
@ariel kyloan Not even close.
Decades ? Naw they've been fiddling kiddies for well over a 1000yrs.
@@cactusqltr The same reminds me of one who married a 9 year old girl
@@scottyfox6376 Plus this one:www.bbc.com/news/business-47658803
Wow. Heartbreaking. People can be so VILE! I can't believe he got barely got any time! Ridiculous! 💕💕💕 poor kids. 💕
Beware!- Warning to all!- stay away from these criminals! Protect the innocent children!- peace!
Canada needs to step up and change the prison time for this crime. A lousy 6 yrs is a kick in the face to the survivors! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Yes it is an insult! It is sadism. Actually it is pure satanism. That's why he got 6 years. Six is their favorite number.
It’s not just Canada though it’s everywhere that child abusers get away almost Scott free while a simple weed possession can land them in prison longer in the USA sometimes they get months compared to other crimes that r not as heavy
@@vanessarodriguez9958 It is wherever the Catholic church exists.
@@dianemercer9916 it’s not just within the Catholic Church it’s in all churches just the Catholic Church is and will always be main focus because it’s as big as it is ppl just focus on the Catholic Church when it’s in every religion where there is some sort of power there will always be evil the problem with any religion is the fact that they say pray on it or ask god for forgiveness when in reality if someone says there is a problem they need help they should be taken seriously not be told to go pray on it or ask god for answers
They could repent there sins everyday forgive me father for i have sinned dirty disgusting beasts 😤 🤧
I was raised into the Catholic church..at the age of 17 in 1989 ..I started to hear about this..it's the highest form of repulsion and I have not had respect for any religion since..nor do I wish to
I hope you return to the Catholic church. Remember one of Jesus's disciples was Judas
@@vincentcharles607 the Roman Catholic church has NEVER taught the gospel. They have systemically REMOVED all guilt from priests and refused to compensate the victims. Catholic churches are NOT christian. Most people make that mistake. They worship 'saints' and the 'mother of God'. They do NOT believe in Jesus Christ and God. Only money and power
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 Hi, I understand your hatred and frustrations towards the Church but if I may ask, have you been to a Catholic church before?
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 Yes you can blacklist it but you are wrong about Catholic people not believing in Jesus they read in their declaration of faith at mass it's called the Apostles Creed and Niceen Creed just as the Anglican Church also does, also yes I agree they give too much creedance to Mary and saints.
Jesus is the way, truth, life, people should follow him.
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 obviously you are a “born again evangelical “. They all make the same remarks against the Catholic Church. Catholics do not worship saints or the Virgin Mary. Get your facts straight before denigrating an institution you know nothing about. The Roman Catholic Church is a Christian church. Catholics believe in God the Father, The Son and Holy Spirit. Every church has some dark history not that that eliminates what these monsters have done to children, but every church has a history of sexual abuse against children and young adults.
The answer is the same for cops who watch other cops doing crimes yet never are charged and suffer no recriminations .
Not so simple. As they say society is geared not to look up to the next level. Are the cops more corruption than the district attorneys? the DAs more corrupt than the judges? It appears than the son of the president of the United States is a man of low character. Raw power seems to triumph. The only things that saves us is that often justice prevails because Corruption produces hubris.
I always wondered what happened to my father in the Catholic church that made him so adamant about not letting his daughters attend church.
Now u know 💔
😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏 pray for his soul.
This sent chills right down my spine.
My parents were adamant I not go to the same Catholic grade school as my 2 much older siblings, even though it was 2 blocks from our house. I got carted clear to the other side of town to the other one for 4 years until we moved closer to it. I never got a straight answer on that one. I know my sister hated her school experience and won't talk about it. I can only guess.
@Mary Carroll, atheist molest too. Yes, indeed. But they don't have a powerful institution to cover up for them. They don't make amends with the bishop, ask forgiveness to Jesus, wear their stupid dresses and preach from the pulpit moral lessons.
The key point here is that THE POLICE CHOSE TO DO NOTHING.
I agree completely that law enforcement failed in their duties to arrest this evil predator of children and bring the case before the local D.A. for prosecution. It is unfortunate that they let the Catholic Church handle the "problem"!!
LORD NINNYCOCK,,,,,, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL NOT DO ANYTHING BUT ACCUSE THE VICTIMS OF LYING!!!!! ITS BEEN PROVEN. SO WHY THE POLICE DID NOTHING?????? YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.
There are a lot of people who choose to do nothing ! A lot !
Crikey, l think the police are getting paid off by the church, this is a major cult bringing in billions of dollars each year, it’s all a scam.
@@Enlightenment246 or its the upper echelon that are customers as well, and they protect themselves by keeping the lid on.
As a young child in Germany, I remember that my uncle was involved in the installation of plumbing in a Catholic nunnery. What they found under the building, deep in the cellar, was horrible, there were the corpses of many new born babies.
I show a documentary about nuns coming forward saying the priests are raping them and getting them pregnant and their forced to have abortions .The nuns tell the mother superior but she tells them to keep quiet.
Whaaaaaa??
@@Yet333 Check out TUAM babies story and Catherine Cordless Ireland . Your Uncle was an honest man .
Annab2717- same in Baltimore
Mmm… for all the misdeeds in the Church… that sounds doubtful.
As an altar boy, I was taught that the priest was next to GOD and never to be questioned. I did report one priest and the bishop transferred him and didn't tell anyone. He followed up with me once before transfering the priest to get additional information. He never contacted with me after that. He didn't care. After that, I never reported being abused because it would have been a waist of time. I was abused by 5 priests multiple times. Today, I can't. Drive past a Roman Catholic Church without remembering what happened.
Troy Vance SUE them! RICOH..
I’m so sorry that happened to you!! I hope you’ve healed at least some.
So creepy. I remember a Priest pointing out my 8 year old son and saying, "He would make a great altar boy." Nope, na ugh, and we're not coming back to this church.
Same happened in the LA diocese…..please do a documentary on this, (LA)……
Who's head of the church?
THE POPE IS ALLOWING THIS!!! and I watch people swam to praise him....
Special place reserved for ALL POPEs an priest's.
Not heaven!!!!!
Yes, hope they enjoy the hot climate!
EXCATLY hiding behind religion
And they wonder why so many people were leaving the church?!!
Many people are leaving the Church because they want to be unaccountable. If one gathers 100 lawyers and 100 priests into a room, which group includes more evil men? Men of ordinary morals(by cilic standards)? O high moral. standards? Holy men? And now look at the specific case of this priest, a tue pedophile. How many of his kind among the hundred priests are pedophiles, and how many just fornicators? How many homosexuals?
@@JRobbySh they are not related to our god.our God had no rules, or regulation's for any person, God loved all. Buildings and employee's mean nothing, underpaid brainwashed persons, playing a role! God's love is everywhere if we choose and want it. I say we encourage crime in buildings by supporting it.
@Mary Torres.Numbers are increasing in Africa and Asia.
@Mary Torres.th-cam.com/video/DJ9WDzp1DD0/w-d-xo.html
The roman catholic church should be charged as a criminal organization for sexual crimes against children.
ditto.. and then sued out of existence.
@@bobgillis1137 03 May 2018: Died in jail of natural causes
So these are the people every one look up to as God and they want to rule the world,. That's unbelievable. These people have a problem , if they can't do without a woman, why pretending to be what you are not , "A Saint" just go right out and have all the women you need .You sexually abuse little girls and get only six years..and now, if a man says to a girl they are charged for sexual abuse .That's not fair. Why do people worship a man and confess their sins to him , that's ridiculous.
And against humanity. They forbid the use of condoms in Africa, a continent decimated by AIDS
And every person who did nothing so that theses sick beast can continue hurting children should also be put in prison.
Why do they say they "cover things up" and are "enablers"? A lot of them (higher up) could very well be guilty of the same crimes, which means they are not just covering up for others, but for themselves too.
Bingo !
Right. Corruption across the board, all the way up to the higher ups. And their solution? Cover it up, so they keep their imsge intact snd who cares about the victims? Terrible
The church is protecting phedofiles
@@merlem9448 No- The church consists of them and they could simply react by taking the abuse behind Vatican walls where the authorities can't do anything at all about it without causing an international incident.
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What a great priest hunter. So many people's good wishes go to him.
The movie "Spot Light" is about this very issue and at the end of the movie they give a very long list of the bad around the world. It's HUGE. 6 years! What a horrid insult. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Yes, around the world. It’s astounding the number of children molested here in the US alone. They say the most dangerous time for a child here is between the hours of 3pm and 5pm when their parents are at work and the child is with a trusted caregiver. Foster children are at even greater danger.
Thank goodness for people like The Priest Hunter!!! You are a hero
There needs to be a few in the rock and roll and pop music industry in Canada.
”I benefitted from their generosity” What in the world?!?!! Anyone who abuse children or help others facilitate abuse deserve the capitol punishment. Few things are as pure as the soul of a child...
This priest knew that his time is short on earth, so by confessions he wants God to forgive him. Guilt !
The church isn't what you think it is.
jfhow exactly
It's a breeding round for perverts
Religion is a Excuse to Rape Children
Oh geez ya think?
When I grew up in the 80's everyone went to church. You were seen as a nice, good family if you did. There were churches of all denominations on every corner of every street block. Now, thankfully most churches are empty and vacant and many others are torn down. Most people are waking up, this is a good sign. I used to go to church every Sunday, my mother was a Sunday school teacher and my sister and I were in the choir. I haven't been to church since I was a child and I would never go back. I am a spiritual person and I believe in God, but even as a small child I knew the church was a farce.
Catholic is religion but not Jesus Christ. He is the way the truth and the.life...he didnt tell us to go raping others..He says in matthew 18 protect the children..
RELIGION SAYS OTHERWISE
thank you for exposing the pain from just SOME of the victims
Yes, only some.
It’s the same here in the US they find one and move him to another parish as if that will somehow fix the problem. It doesn’t it makes it worse.
It happened in Purley,South London.The priest was sent to Rome for counselling and then sent to Gatwick Airport as a chaplain.It was there that he got caught and the Church could not protect him this time.The parents of one of the boys he abused attended the same church as I did in a nearby village.The whole family left the Catholic Church ,which did nothing to help them.
@@sheilanixon4479 the boys father should have introduced the priest to Mr. Knuckles!
@@ronbonora7872 stop visiting their buildings! God never had a building! His love, is around us every time we choose, his love is unconditional without rules.. buildings are a business? Our lord was never that!!
There were several documentaries that were produced in the late 1980's and early 1990's which talked about pedophile priests in the United States a and Canada. Not just catholic, but Mormon and protestants.
He damages their lives, 39 of them, maybe even more, and he gets only 6 years? THE SYSTEM FAILS THE VICTIMS ALL THE TIME. We need to take justice back into our own hands. Those poor innocent little girls. Think about their lives. And what they have to live with for the rest of their life.
Church is wrong, cops are wrong, society is wrong.....
WE HAVE TOLERATED THIS WAS TOO LONG.....THIS MUST CHANGE.✝️🙏
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You forgot government they’ve know this and allowed it for centuries. Look at the history of the schools for Native children. This is probably where we need to look for child sex trafficking. The church’s and our government.
Jeffery Epstein had a career in it for over 30 years with a net worth of 559 million dollars. He was protected internationally with world wide complacency. The only thing that could possibly help this species is not of this world ~
Clergy, like police officers, should be held to a (much) higher standard.
Policemen have to deal with violent men every day. Judges are more nearly the same as cops. By and large my guess is that a close look would show that judges are more corrupt than bishops.
A HUGE coverup is only the start ...
Notice Harvey confessed AFTER he had done his deeds, at the end of his life.
Too little too late
@@frankdenardo8684 Yeah from God's personal advisor Frank Denardo!!
My father in the 60's was an alter boy until he was 16 in Etobicoke, hockey player as well. He was polarizing and angry, aggressive but closed as a father. Something happened with him. Even though he was verbally abusive he kept us kids away from any church and from getting too intrenched in sports organizations. Systemic multi-generational abuse to own and control the servants.... and Epstein didn't kill himself. Technology will always give people the ability to audit/challenge those in power. I am so saddened by the millions of people affected by abuse. Enraged by those enabling/protecting it... Internet and Bitcoin cannot be uninvented. Profiteers beware. Nothing can be deleted.
R G Thanks for sharing
Thank you for sharing....it's still so relevant now in 2021...justice will be served...and it goes all the way up
The only hoax that can compete with the church is cryptos..equally fraudulent scammers and opportunists.
Still today people allow their children around these men. Parents should go to jail as well for allowing it
This is unbelievable to say the least. Those poor children and how they must have felt! Sacrificial lambs is what they were. We are now seeing what they did to children in residential schools. 215 children died and were buried at the Kamloops school.
No, that’s been proven to be BS sorry
I saw this on Netflix, t’was about Sister Kathy. The Nun was killed bc she helped the young girls.
I watched that too! Horrible to think what happened to her for speaking out. The Catholic Church has a lot in common with the Mafia, the same cult of Omertà.
And it’s not the only church or religion that’s covering up child sex abuse. The Watchtower org. is getting investigated now for its history of covering up abuse and not reporting pedophiles to the proper authorities. Same with the Mormons, Mennonites etc. The lid on this cesspool has to be blown off and the offenders outed.
@@joanferguson4194 Hey Catholic church is the most safest place now for children
5:24 that picture is heartbreaking. The pain in that little girl's eyes...
All my catholic schools always felt ominous and suffocating inside the walls. My mom really wasn't active in the church because of stories like this. So she made sure I was never alone and never noticed by anyone. We're Christian but not catholic. There's a reason so many catholic academies are closing. You're basically overpaying for your child to be at risk for assault
Are you serious and the Catholic Church was lying the whole time 🤦🏽♀️ I feel for the kids and their families
That is what happen when the foxes are in charge of guarding the hen house, it is up to the people themselves to monitor the high ups in the churches and bring the charges on the offenders...
Not by the ones offended by them or that notice they are not teaching the word of GOD , but the words of men and deception is their trade...
@Mary Carroll You have that right those that are deceived are not able to come to the truth...
One of the 10 commandments says "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." That's exactly what the church is doing (the false witness).
But it says "Thou Shalt not Kill" but used to burn heretics at the stake.
@@leonardgibney2997 I know. Sometimes, the math just doesn't add up.
It is also a violation of the commandment about not placing God in second place. The first obligation has to be to God, not an institution ,
Six years?
‘Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. I will repay’
Not only is the priest going to be held to a high standard. The Catholic Church is also responsible
Make justice prevail!
Bring all to the surface.
Holy scripture says demand justice.
Fight for justice.
Why are children not protected?
Come Lord Jesus, Come!
Let the church and catholicism fold once and for all.
I agree with you. The Catholic Church needs to cease to be, entirely. Then after a long period of time to re-form, with each member of the clergy, high and low, to re-apply for their positions. This way the Church can get rid of its bad apples, and there are many many thousands of them. The statistics of abuse in the US and Canada of child abuse are astounding. From the Church's point of view it makes sense for the low echelons of the Church structure to take the punishment and not the senior people.
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Consider the word of God on the subject.
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving her to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils;
Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Forbidding to marry , and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with Thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
1 Timothy 4:1-3.
"In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men."
Matthew 15:9.
King James Bible on line
Helpful tool: Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary.
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Six years? How about 60!
It’s 6 years so that he could go out and do some more damage ! The law is just as guilty as the church
Devils, ALL of them!
Satan must be laughing with delight..
@N S there are no real ones
ANGELS & DEMONS...🙏👹
@@yorzemog4430 Catholic church obviously will have to deal with demons in it . She is the house of God after all .
My family is upset with me and won’t talk to me because I don’t want to associate my self with this organization.
That's why I walked out and NEVER went back! 😠😠😠
I hope you come back . Remember one if Jesus's disciples was Judas, the detrayer
...and I did the same in 1959. I never went back either.
Can't they obtain a search warrant to access the secret archives?
No
@Wee Mac It was just an innocent question , Weenie. I have one for you: Did your mother have any children that lived?
Keep comments respectful? Are the abusive Priests and the bishops that cover-up for his pervert priests: Were the clergy that sexually assaulted children respectful?
Ah, The Catholic Church. The original cosa nostra. They are in all kinds of rackets and debauchery.
All those culty buildings that sit on prime urban real estate, quickly should be used to very effectively end homelessness. That would take a political election?
Elections do nothing but change the person that faces accusations. This was a long time coming and was 'supposedly' dealt with by the RCs. NEVER happened, the money is more important to them with their gold ceilings, etc
How about the schools,clinics,hospitals and universities???
That would only temporarily alleviate homelessness. You need to give homeless people skills, work clothes, affordable transportation, and jobs so that they can become self-sufficient. That doesn't even address any addictions or mental illness they may be suffering from. Sorry, that's just putting a bandaid on the real problem. Can't blame the churches for that.
@@kitfairchild9784 Core reasoning being that they were encouraged to behave delusionally by traditionalist parents often in the case of homelessness. I just saw about a homeless arsonist being arrested at the beach of LA, who was obviously not caring about the fact that arsons never really produce afterlives, and the pandemic denying freedom marchers carrying crosses like smiley delusional sociopaths during a actual pandemic lockdown sure caused alot of otherwise preventable deaths, and pandemics never really produce afterlives, so you can easily blame the church for that.
You can blame em for the killings of all those kids torn from their families and placed into catholic conversion schools even.
If you cant blame willful ignorance, are you correct to accuse anyone or group that acts like a political mafia that sells bombs to boost an economy?
And those bombs tend to land on people who have stockholm syndrome who were poorly raised to want to overly pretend that bombs produce happy afterlives, or 9/11 hijacked jets, or when those arsons that end up killing atheists that slept in their homes while afterlife professing lynch mobs in the bible belt claimed they were sending a witch to walk on a lake of fire for all eternity.
#StockholmSyndrome
#EnabledWillfulIgnorance
@@truetech4158 Look, I'm not going to argue with you on this because I think we both fundamentally agree that the Church needs to be held responsible for their crimes and needs to pay restitutions to the victims' families who were sexually abused, physically abused or murdered. The Church owes the indigenous people much more than just a formal apology. My comment was to address the assertion that housing homeless people in Catholic churches was going to end homelessness. These corrupted church officials are not acting in the spirit of God or the Christian faith. And I've yet to encounter a Muslim that claims 9/11 extremists as one of their own. "Holier than thou" and self-righteousness are a form of spiritual pride and is a dangerous slippery slope and every religious person must be mindful to avoid. Being a religious person doesn't make you morally superior to anyone, especially when you let your ego win. Unfortunately, history shows time and time again that power corrupts everything. Name one self-ruling organization, religious or secular, without corruption. I didn't become a Christian for the moral superiority of the clergy and the church but the good news of Jesus Christ. It just reaffirms my belief that no human on this is Earth is infallible. But the real discussion that needs to be had is what actionable steps can the Church to help the victims of these stories. If you want to discuss this more, you can private message me but I'm not going to respond to anymore comments made here.
One of the most horrific stories that stunned me was a Priest that raped a 5 yr old ...running thru the hallway at the church .She was wearing a little dress and got grabbed runningin the hallway to do this just blew me away .I m so sorry they allow these men to move around from place to place and do not get them into therapy or a state of accountabilty.This is surely the responsibility of the Church these abused children .Trust me this is on going this affliction the poor kidz
To turn a blind eye to evil is to allow the evil to grow. AND THAT is all that EVIL ASKS - to be left alone, for no one to impede its mission to deceive, to defile, to destroy. It has no real power, UNLESS we jump on board with it, wallow in it, take it on and do its bidding as these have done. If everyone would search his thoughts and find that which is unlike God's thinking, unlike the mind of Christ Jesus, and then destroy the evil thoughts - deny them oxygen so to speak - then evil would be suffocated & cease to plague us. To me that is what the parable of the tares & wheat is all about - separating the chaff from the wheat, the undesirable from the desirable, that which is beneficial from that which is not.
Isaiah 55: 7-9 & Romans 12: 21 "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with GOOD" pretty much covers it.
8-10 years old. Wow. An Epstein situation seems fitting.
My dad would have been up on a murder charge he would of killed a man for messing with his 4 daughters ages 8 to 10. A priest are you kidding. ?
@@jessestewart169 that's right! I'm with your dad 100%.
The attorney who depend this bad priest should also be questioned and also be put to jail.
The time he got is NOT ENOUGH TIME IN JAIL
yup he should have been executed!
I grew up Catholic I attended Catholic schools and lived in a Catholic Community. One day at the urging of the Holy Spirit I picked up the New Testament and actually read the Bible for myself. I was surprised to learn that you'll find no Catholicism in scripture nor will you find any Catholic Church. But what you will find is the glory of his Son and his amazing gospel. I am now a Christian "to the praise of his glorious Grace." Ephesians 1
This is just one of the reasons why my husband & I left the Catholic Church. It’s rotten to the core.
True .. I would never go back to a catholic church !! It gives me goosebumps when Im in.. if these priests are genuinely offer their lives to God then why these lies and abusive priests exists and the archdiocese did some cover ups !!!
The same thing is happening in our country to this day - priests being quietly shuffled to another place while the young girls/boys are being ridiculed as liars. I wish we had more stable political environment so that these true crimes could finally be thoroughly investigated :-/
I was baptized Catholic at 1 day of age, it's ridiculous and NOT BIBLICAL☝️
I'm so glad I found God at the age of 40.
I'm no longer a Catholic.
I'm embarrassed that I was a Catholic.
I was NOT a Catholic
by choice. What does a 1 day old child know?
I'm blessed I found a true Protestant Church where I study God's Word Bible.
I believe and practice all
10 God's Commandments.
I'm a Seventh Day Adventist, we believe in Sola Scriptura, Bible and Bible alone🙏
No traditions.
No man made commandments.
You a blessed a not true a fake protestant church were I study in fake scripture the Catholic and others are still true
You believe in demon sola scriptura it is really fake!!!!!!!!
I would sue the Police Department for gross negligence and incompetence too!
In 1975 an investigation was started on the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This was a very complicated and drawn out investigation of pedophile priests in the town who were outed by a boy and his mother. It’s always been one of the things I can’t stand about human beings.... the willingness to turn a blind eye to wrong doing in religious communities, the willingness to cover up horrible abuse done by priests and other clergymen. There’s a huge bias of “kill the messenger”in so many stories of child abuse by pedophile church leaders. Anyone coming forward has to run a very disgusting gauntlet of emotional abuse by people who want them to shut up and go away.
A movie about the horror stories in Mount Cashel, “ The Boys of St. Vincent’s”was quite disturbing. Don’t think it’s available these days. Right now there are ongoing investigations in several institutions and churches that have covered up child sex abuse.. Boy Scouts of America, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormon church, Mennonites... to mention a few. Perhaps this will turn into a ground swell of investigations into dozens more.
Still can’t understand why people cover these crimes up... there must be a huge moral vacuum in society, a huge unconcern for religion especially to live up to the principles of Christianity they claim to embrace!
These people have no idea how it ruins a woman. I was abused by a lay person who did the readings. I told during confessions. The priest would say, “Our parish? “ No. They sigh in relief and ask nothing else. 🥲
What about Hollywood ??
Westminster In England
BBC
Boys Town America
The Vatican
I'm wondering why a father older brother uncle or concerned Neighbors wouldn't have gone after one of these priests and take him to the rectory basement and see if God will help him
Janiter Inadrum exactly! An eye for an eye- Old Testament justice! Time parents met out justice!
@Janiter 👊
Sinead O'Connor ripped up the picture of the Pope on SNL back in 1992 for a reason.
She's Irish, she knew what was up!!
When she said destroy the REAL enemy.
I am a Catholic, this DOES make me sick that this or any priest should be covered up !!! 😡 I applaud your show for bringing this out .
I just ask that you also look into other organizations that have done the same . Make a show about them also, everyone is too concerned about just this one .
Not to draw the attention away from the priest but to let others voices heard .
There’s plenty of investigation of the Watchtower org. on TH-cam. Look up the Australian Royal Commission investigation of sex abuse in several Aussie institutions, the Watchtower portion is well worth watching!
@@joanferguson4194 also the scandals in mainline evangelical churches in america - google baptist church married pastor child sex abuse. Disgusting!
Mormon Church and Jehovah's Witnesses have similar problems.
Catholicism is evil
@@pamelafranklin3452 people are evil. Jesus Christ's Universal Church is most certainly NOT!
Stop disabling the comments . TH-cam is an interactive platform . Give and take .
But it's their channel. They can do as they please.
@Tony Hebert and I still watch. The comments are a headache sometimes.
I down vote any video with comments disabled. It's too bad that is our only recourse because most of the videos I would definitely vote up if they had an active comment section. 👎
Why are there not multiple arrests in the church? So disgraceful
Unreal !!! I love to go to church without a man in a rope I don’t believe in priests .. sorry for being rude I don’t need to go to church to pray !!!! This is very sad 😞 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Mary Carroll Thank you Mary ❤️
Nicole Macintyre. You’re correct in that you don’t need a church to pray. But we DO need a Church for the Sacraments. The majority of priests work tirelessly and selflessly to serve their Catholic flock. It’s a good thing that the rotten monsters are being exposed. Their criminal behavior breaks the hearts of faithful Catholics. But we rely upon our consecrated men for the seven sacraments.
Exactly
@@NBportofino Well, in Roman Catholic church it seems that there is a misinterpretation of the Bible at many levels. The Bible says Bishops should be the husband of one wife. Much of what the RC church has touted as tradition is actually organized religion, not biblical truth. The Bible says to be baptized on the confession of your faith. A baby cannot do that. The bible also says not to worship people or bow down to idols, and that Mary had more children (James, the brother of Jesus). Much as I hate to say this, the RC church is not the true Church of Jesus Christ, it ignores the Bible. Do you read the Bible - do you understand it for yourself? Do you know that God sent Jesus to be propitiation for your sins, and no more sacrifice for sin is required (when RC person takes communion they are crucifying Christ again and again, which is not scriptural). Do you know, you can come boldly before the throne of God knowing that Jesus (not some man) is your mediator? It's time for the power of the Roman Catholic church to be broken over the people. The Bible says: By their fruits you shall know them. It's becoming pretty obvious what type of tree the RC church is growing, and it does not look too much like anything a true saint should be part of. Read the Book 50 years in the Church of Rome by Father Chiniquay if you can get your hands on a copy. The abuse and scandal has been around for 100's of years.
5060northernmama The Roman Catholic Church precedes the Bible be a century and in fact wrote the Bible. Bishops marriage to one wife means married to the Bride of Christ - the Church. You cannot possibly understand the Bible without understanding its context. Read the early Church fathers for deeper understanding, those who learned from the apostles a century before a book was compiled. Go all the way back to Jesus, who came not to write a book but who left His Church to guide us in His stead.
Mormons do the same, I was in a ward that had a convicted sex offender as the elders quorum president. The Bishop knew the guy had a 12 year old victim and still set him apart as eqp SMH
They protected Sterling Wagenen as well, shame.
It’s organized religion, all of them.
JWs do it as well.
I was raised middle-of-the-road protestant. It was there, too. The common denominator is men with power.
Erato IsYourMuse . Here's an idea. How about we kill everyone involved with religion so as to stamp out their filthy ideas!
Light pathetic Sentence for such a despicable crime
I am so so very sorry for what has happened to these brave and resilient victims. Please provide each and every one of them EMDR therapy at the perpetrators' and Church's cost! They deserve to be healed and freed of the trauma caused by this abuse and negligence. And the Church must make serious amends for the heinous negligence and abuse of power which has done so much harm and tragedy.