Well, since he has that direct god connection and all, he must have...
The detention of an 83-year-old priest in Brazil for allegedly abusing boys as young as 12 has added to the scandals hitting the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, even as Chile's bishops asked pardon Tuesday for past cases.The allegations against Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa -- and two other Brazilian priests -- have made headlines throughout the world's most populous Catholic nation and come amid accusations of sexual abuse by priests around the world.
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Donohue is also an amazing fellow, always able to top himself in serial excuses for the crimes of the church. His latest escapade is to pardon a priestly abuser because his victims were over some magical age.
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Wow. Bill Donohue is going to love Andrew Brown. Brown has written a defense of the Catholic church titled "Catholic child abuse in proportion"; you can tell right away exactly where it is going to be going. 'Only' 4% of American priests have been accused of sexual abuse of a minor, and as much as…
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This is a real mystery. Donohue is an angry guy with a fax machine who gets donations from affronted Catholics, which is nothing the church can do about, obviously…but he also pretends to be a defender of Catholicism while having no standing with the church and while making the most outrageous…
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That's very reassuring. Justice will be served.
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I'm surprised allegations are coming out of Latin America. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if the scandals were as wide-spread (or more) than in the US and Europe, but the Catholic Church generally has much more control over all facets of life in Latin countries.
It's just more persecution by those gay atheists! It's so unfair - they're being treated like Jews!
I think we are still only seeing the tip of the abuse (very large iceberg. As word is getting around the world, and others are seeing the priests prosecuted and bishops excoriated for complicity, others will be more comfortable sharing their own stories. Too many have been shamed into silence, convinced it was their 'sin' to carry.