On April 17, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to eight male victims who were abused as boys while in a Catholic orphanage. They claimed to have been abused and forced to dress like women during the time they spent at the orphanage on the island of Malta. Pope Benedict spent time with each of these men praying and talking to them. This was all in light of the recent alligation's against the Catholic church for allowing child molester's to remain in their churches.
I think it's terrible what happened to those kid's at the orphanage. I think the church need's to take care of these injustices. These are the people representing the Catholic faith and God and there abusing and molesting children. However I am glad that the Pope is showing that he cares about fixing the problems in the church and visiting the people whom were affected by these priests.
I agree with mason. The catholic church as a whole is receiving criticism from people around the world for actions of certain priests. The church needs to do what it can to instate a zero tolerance policy for priests. If a priest is found to have comitted a crime against anyone, they should be excomunicated from the church. It is critical for the church to clear it's name from these allegations and regain trust and respect from people around the earth.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you, the exposure of the sexual abuse is good, but we should not be looking at the catholic church as a whole. The entire church should not be criticized for the actions of the priests; it is not the church's fault. The priests should be prosecuted just as any other sexual offender would be. They also be kicked out of the church and the scandal should be put to a stop.
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