Priestly Penance
Catholic Priesthood... I have always had suspicions that there was something 'off' with the whole concept, but I never knew why. Lately, and unfortunately, I've come to understand why.
How is it okay - in ANYONE's mind - to allow a priest to get away with child molestation? In America, religion does not provide an excuse for behavior that physically and emotionally ruins a child. In America, asking forgiveness from 'God' does not provide a rational response to a crime. In America, accepting that the current Pope exonerated a priest who previously molested a child is not tolerable.
Oh wait! It seems that I'm wrong about all of that... at least, that's what I'm hearing from many Catholic representatives in this nation. Playing the victim in the latest reports of sexual abuse because of the 'poor timing just before Easter' when news broke of the current Pope's former excusing of a priest's 'bad judgement' in abusing an altar boy.
Victim? I'm sorry... I've actually been a victim in a sexual crime, where some yahoo cut out pictures from porn magazines and wrote crude comments about numerous girls in my high school (including me), and he dropped them all around town. Dude went to PRISON for 11 years. PRISON. Why aren't these stinkin' priests in PRISON?
Granted, living the life they chose to live has to be difficult, as it goes against almost every natural human extinct most of us have. However, that does not, in any circumstance, exuse or advocate the behavior some of these priests have chosen. NO ONE has the right to violate another person's physical or emotional boundaries, especially those of a child.
I vote that we denounce the Pope from his current position and put an end to many of the rules instituted by the Catholic church over the past few thousand years or so. If the Pope has the power to put things into effect in the church, does it make sense to leave someone who clearly does NOT value the life and love of a child in power? Nope.
Please - if there is someone out there reading this blog who can answer my concerns with valid, logical, and meaningful responses, I beg you to do so. I desperately want to understand the 'other side of the coin'.
How is it okay - in ANYONE's mind - to allow a priest to get away with child molestation? In America, religion does not provide an excuse for behavior that physically and emotionally ruins a child. In America, asking forgiveness from 'God' does not provide a rational response to a crime. In America, accepting that the current Pope exonerated a priest who previously molested a child is not tolerable.
Oh wait! It seems that I'm wrong about all of that... at least, that's what I'm hearing from many Catholic representatives in this nation. Playing the victim in the latest reports of sexual abuse because of the 'poor timing just before Easter' when news broke of the current Pope's former excusing of a priest's 'bad judgement' in abusing an altar boy.
Victim? I'm sorry... I've actually been a victim in a sexual crime, where some yahoo cut out pictures from porn magazines and wrote crude comments about numerous girls in my high school (including me), and he dropped them all around town. Dude went to PRISON for 11 years. PRISON. Why aren't these stinkin' priests in PRISON?
Granted, living the life they chose to live has to be difficult, as it goes against almost every natural human extinct most of us have. However, that does not, in any circumstance, exuse or advocate the behavior some of these priests have chosen. NO ONE has the right to violate another person's physical or emotional boundaries, especially those of a child.
I vote that we denounce the Pope from his current position and put an end to many of the rules instituted by the Catholic church over the past few thousand years or so. If the Pope has the power to put things into effect in the church, does it make sense to leave someone who clearly does NOT value the life and love of a child in power? Nope.
Please - if there is someone out there reading this blog who can answer my concerns with valid, logical, and meaningful responses, I beg you to do so. I desperately want to understand the 'other side of the coin'.
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