Let us prey
The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles released an important document yesterday -- a report that includes summaries of the archdiocese's files on individual priests who were or are accused of various sorts of dereliction, most of the charges being child sex abuse. The document's release was forced by attorneys of victims who are suing the archdiocese for allegedly covering up the priests' misdeeds.
The report is appalling. Even with weasel words like "boundary violation," "involvement," and "mistreatment," it paints an ugly picture. And that's the sanitized version. You can imagine. (An earlier document, without the file summaries, was released last year, and a version of it now sits here.)
It sure would be interesting to read a document like this about the many cases pending in the Archdiocese of Portland. Come on, Archbishop Vlazny, whaddya say?
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Comments (2)
By all means, let's get it all out. It turns my stomach to think that spiritual guidance trickles down from these crooked bozos. Hmm, while I'm here I may as well link to what I cranked out a moment ago.
Posted by Jeff Bull | October 12, 2005 9:23 AM
It’s called the “Report to the People of God”? I thought the idea was we were all God’s people, even the atheists. It’s this arrogance that is destroying the world: “It’s okay if we cover up the rape of children: We’re the people of God.” And by the way, where’s our magnificently moral clergy when it comes to damning the President for his policy sanctioning torture? You are aware that he’s fighting the McCain amendment to treat detainees correctly, aren’t you? How morally bankrupt does that make his Christian supporters who aren’t speaking out? Being religious shouldn’t be a get-out-of-acting-right pass, and if that means the new Pope or the President has to be tried for their apparent crimes, so be it. Can you seriously argue that the new Pope didn’t obstruct justice in the child rape cases, and that the President didn’t commit war crimes by allowing torture?
Posted by bill mcdonald | October 12, 2005 12:19 PM