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Separation of church and state wouldnt allow that.
They could fund a private detective that reports to the bishop or even the pope though, that may help.
God could STOP the sexual abuse if he existed and cared about the children! There would be NO need bishops, pastors or popes to sit idly by and do nothing if God acted.
This pedophile priest stuff has been going on for a long time. I had several relatives that worked the investigative end of law enforcement and they warned me about it eons ago. The Catholic church was the perfect place for them to hide.
Separation of church and state wouldnt allow that.
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Nonsense.
The RCC is a corporation, which did not cry separate church and state when it filed bankruptcy in many archdioceses to avoid paying its penance for hiring thousands of pedophiles.
If it wants true separation, I would favor that. No corporate entity. No fire protection. No police protection. No paving nor plowing roads around churches. Total separation of church and state.
The RCC is a corporation, which did not cry separate church and state when it filed bankruptcy in many archdioceses to avoid paying its penance for hiring thousands of pedophiles.
If it wants true separation, I would favor that. No corporate entity. No fire protection. No police protection. No paving nor plowing roads around churches. Total separation of church and state.
Well that would be difficult since most Churches are on main streets throughout cities. Church gets on fire and the courthouse nearby might burn down as well.
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It's odd how we do not insist that something is done about these child abuse rings. We have them in Hollywood and the Catholic Church.
An adult has some crude remarks come their way and we attack (which I am NOT saying shouldn't be addressed) but kids are being abused and we continue to look the other way.
Makes no sense to me.
I wouldn't underestimate the church's ability and willingness to buy people off.
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I am not a lapsed Catholic yet. But I am struggling. I still go to Church every Sunday and holy days, but stopped giving any money to the church at all (I give to charities that help the poor now) and my heart isn't in it. The scandals just never seem to end.
It still galls me that as a young boy attending Sunday school after mass I had to listen to crap like being threatened with eternal damnation if I even stepped foot in another church while the Catholic church continues to turn a blind eye to their own sinful and felonious behavior.
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