Sex abuse in church

[wombat2u2004]

As a Catholic Blue I wonder why you would not want to take an active part in cleaning this mess up as much as one can and helping rid the church of sex abuse. Don't you want to make the Catholic church better?[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

Hmmmm....maybe from a Catholics point of view, it's acceptable behaviour.

[kokopup]

I guess we need to restate the point of the thread. We all acknowledge that Pedophilia/homosexuality/illicit heterosexual behavior exist in all segments of the world, even all religions. The problem at least from a Pedophilia and homosexuality standpoint is when a crime is committed against children and the guilty goes unpunished. If a Baptist Paster committed an offense against a child, not only would he/she lose their church but they would go to jail. In addition once he/she was released from jail they would have to register as a sex offender. There is no one in our church hierarchy that would sweep it under the rug. I personally have not heard of a minister having relations with a child but I have seen several caught having affairs with either coworkers or members of the church. The one case I can speak first hand about , the minister had heterosexual relations with a coworker, and he was forced to retire. The church I went to had a church worker found accessing gay porn on his computer and he was immediately dismissed. Since neither of these cases were committed against a child there were no civil laws violated. In both cases though there were consequences for their actions.

[wombat2u2004]

I guess we need to restate the point of the thread. We all acknowledge that Pedophilia/homosexuality/illicit heterosexual behavior exist in all segments of the world, even all religions. The problem at least from a Pedophilia and homosexuality standpoint is when a crime is committed against children and the guilty goes unpunished. If a Baptist Paster committed an offense against a child, not only would he/she lose their church but they would go to jail. In addition once he/she was released from jail they would have to register as a sex offender. There is no one in our church hierarchy that would sweep it under the rug. I personally have not heard of a minister having relations with a child but I have seen several caught having affairs with either coworkers or members of the church. The one case I can speak first hand about , the minister had heterosexual relations with a coworker, and he was forced to retire. The church I went to had a church worker found accessing gay porn on his computer and he was immediately dismissed. Since neither of these cases were committed against a child there were no civil laws violated. In both cases though there were consequences for their actions.

Agreed Bill.
Who in their right mind would want a child molester to go unpunished ???
Someone who believes it's not a crime on one hand, but on the other represents the Kingdom of Heaven ????
Sounds like a bit of a contradiction to me.
Is not the person who hides the criminal as guilty as the criminal ????
Let's forget about power and position, and make these people be subjected to the laws of the land.
After all.....wasn't Nixon and Clinton held accountable for their crimes ???
(And their crimes were miniscule compared to child sexual abuse).