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Originally Posted by senior citizen
Pope Benedict's Legacy Marred by Sex Abuse Scandal - ABC News
Click on above hyperlink and read in its entirety.......
Also read about the Legion of Christ and Father Marcial Maciel.
I truly loved Pope John Paul, but he obviously knew what this priest was doing all along...........as did Cardinal Ratzinger.
It's just the tip of the iceburg. Actually, priests said that they found documentation of such abuse going on back in the 400 church (papal records 4th century of church records of pedophile priests).
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What happened in the Catholic Church is horrible. The actual priests who did the abusing and the higher ups that continue to cover up! The Pope is going to stay on Vatican property so that he is protected legally. Being on Vatican property gives him continued immunity in any cases that he might be named in...
Two of my brothers were alter boys. One attempted suicide 3times...the other turned to drugs and spent most of his late teens and 20's in rehab.
Neither one of them have ever really spoken about it....one admitted there was a lot of wrong doing at the rectory. They have tried very hard to live productive adult lives....but I can see the hardship and pain they are always in....and because they do not want to hurt my parents....and because they are men and this "doesn't happen to men"....etc, etc, etc!!!
I personally believe ALL child abusers and molesters should be placed on an island and left there to rot with each other....