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Originally Posted by Memphis1979
While his reasonings are because he is an Atheist,
I do think the Pope, and many of the Catholic clergy that allowed young boys to be molested, and go unreported, and try to cover it up, should be arrested, and tried for obstructing justice, endangerment of children, and assistance in a felony (child molestation).
I agree. He should be arrested and tried for his crimes. Crime in the name of Jesus Christ is still crime.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Originally Posted by pghquest
The difference is, the parents never filed criminal charges against the priests.
The parents are just as much to blame if not more for allowing this to continue because they took a payout rather than making sure the priests didnt move on to do it to another innocent victim.
I believe that while the Pope may be aware of the crimes being committed by his priests he can not be held responsible for their actions. A parallel to this would be if Obama found out that several of his military officers were committing war crimes while he was in office and then the public demanding that he be charged for war crimes as well.
The parallel would be if Obama found out about war crimes and continued to let those committing the war crimes keep their jobs, covering it up. Yes, Obama would have some blame in it if that were the case, as the pope does in this case.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Originally Posted by Tymberwulf
This is one of those easy to get upset over but hard to come up with a solution kind of cases. But hey, its America and I'm going to throw in my 2 cents.
I believe that while the Pope may be aware of the crimes being committed by his priests he can not be held responsible for their actions. A parallel to this would be if Obama found out that several of his military officers were committing war crimes while he was in office and then the public demanding that he be charged for war crimes as well.
Now that being said, the Pope should do two things to fix this situation and future problems. 1. Don't hide anything, I for one would trust the Catholic Church more if they were not so secretive. 2. Allow the police to conduct investigations and if they are found guilty allow them to be arrested and serve time in prison. While Jesus teaches us to forgive a person's sins he didn't say we should forget his actions.
And finally this atheist is doing nothing other than trying to destroy a religion as well as attempt to increase his own personal power.
This is an ugly situation not being made any better by folks who try to come up with ideas to arrest perhaps the most important religious figurehead in the world.
All and all this makes me happy to be a simple Christian, I read the bible and I try to do what I have learned from it.
I don't trust the Catholic Church at all. And I come from a family of them.
I believe that while the Pope may be aware of the crimes being committed by his priests he can not be held responsible for their actions. A parallel to this would be if Obama found out that several of his military officers were committing war crimes while he was in office and then the public demanding that he be charged for war crimes as well.
Heres a scenario,
I run a daycare, and I have someone who works at my daycare, and I find out they sexually molested a child.
Instead of reporting them to the proper authorities, I send the molester to another daycare center, to keep things quiet.
I should be tried for aiding in the cover up of a felony, and for placing a child in danger.
That's a US court decision. Dawkins and Hitchens plan on pulling this stunt in Britain (and are, themselves, British).
In the article, it is noted that the duo has considered the immunity issue, and believes it doesn't apply to the Pope as his state isn't recognized by the UN.
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