Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Now We See the Real Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church in the USA is changing its legal strategy in covering for priests and other Catholics who enjoy sex with children, to what the Catholic Church has always done best - intimidating and bullying people around. This was reported in an extensive article titled, "Roman Catholic Church Shifts Legal Strategy," in the May 13 issue of 'The Washington Post.'

Catholic lawyers have been instructed to begin using strong-arm tactics. For example, "In Illinois, church lawyers grilled a victim about the details of his alleged abuse by a priest, and asked whether he enjoyed it." "In Ohio, a mother whose son was molested by a Catholic school principal angrily dropped her suit after her teenage son left a deposition in tears."

A woman who has sued the Roman Catholic Church in Hawaii because several years ago, a parish sacristan molested her boys, aged 7 and 10 then, is now being COUNTERSUED by the Roman Church. They charge the mother with being negligent for allowing her boys to sleep over at the sacristan's apartment.

The attorney for the mother said, "The pope talks of charity towards victims. Tell that to the mom who's blamed because she entrusted her children to a church official."

To quote from the article, "The mother being sued said her church's sacristan took her older boy under his wing after he had trained him as an altar boy. Within a year, the church employee was suggesting the boy spend the night with him before early morning Masses.

What kind of a "Church" would blame mothers and children to hide it's sexual appetites? The Catholic Church! Please pray the Lord continues to expose for all to see the ugly and brutal heart of the Catholic system.