US Catholic Archbishop: "We didnt know abusing children was a crime"

[CptStern]

Today we learn that a retired Catholic Archbishop in the US is claiming in a soon-to-be-published memoir that he did not comprehend the potential harm to young victims or understand that the priests had committed a crime.

"We all considered sexual abuse of minors as a moral evil, but had no understanding of its criminal nature."

Weakland, who retired in 2002 after it became known that he paid $450,000 in 1998 to a man who had accused him of date rape years earlier, said he initially:

"Accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or they would â??grow out of itâ??.

they should bring back crucifixtion


http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/05/21...as-a-crime’-says-retired-catholic-archbishop/

 

[swan_song1973]

when in rome...?

 

[AJ Rimmer]

"We all considered sexual abuse of minors as a moral evil, but had no understanding of its criminal nature."

You're priests. You're actually supposed to value morals higher than the law, dickhead.

 

[CptStern]

when in rome...?

...rape children like it's the year 1999?

 

[unozero]

they should bring back crucifixtion


http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/05/21...as-a-crime’-says-retired-catholic-archbishop/

Thats truly priceless.

 

[Sparta]

Thats truly priceless.

I was gonna say the same thing, but then I realised it was a joke.

 

[MJ12]

Archbishop is right, everyone knows that children just forget about rape...

:|

 

[Krynn72]

ZT doesnt remember being raped.

 

[swan_song1973]

ZT doesnt remember being raped.

not until another 20 years.

 

[Shakermaker]

they should bring back crucifixtion

Nah, that is too fast. Let their own Inquisition deal with 'em. The old fashioned kind pl0x. They could make the end last for weeks or months.

 

[CptStern]

I'm a spaniard, we're good at inquisitions and I have no qualms about torturing religious people ...I might be overqualified

 

[Mr Stabby]

I don't understand how anyone can remain a catholic after all of this.

 

[Raziaar]

That is an incredibly stupid thing to hear them say.

You didn't know it was a crime?

****ing bullshit.

I'm a spaniard, we're good at inquisitions and I have no qualms about torturing religious people ...I might be overqualified

Careful, you're treading into hypocrite territory!

 

[gFrohman]

"We all considered sexual abuse of minors as a moral evil, but had no understanding of its criminal nature."

Because it's taboo and illegal in just about every developed (and a lot of under-developed) countries including The Vatican???

Not to bash Catholics (I have plenty of friends who are cool & Catholic), but I'm kinda glad I'm not Catholic right now otherwise I'd totally be like *facepalm* "I don't know these people" right now.

 

[unozero]

its okay to rape kids,so say it the spider!


+10 points to the person that knows from what show that it is.

 

[gFrohman]

But MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.........

BEEFCAKE!!!

BEEFCAKE!!!