I have not been so angry for a very long time. When it comes to matters relating to what adults do to other adults then I can generally remain relatively clear headed – but regarding the abuse of children I simply cannot stay levelheaded and disinterested. Nor do I even want to try.
In the Bible it says:
“If anyone causes one of these little ones – those who believe in me – to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea” (Matthew 18:6).
However, in an article published today in The Australian, ‘Church knew about 4500 abuse claims’ the following observations are made:
The head of the Catholic Church’s Truth, Justice and Healing Council has held back tears as he talked about the “shocking” and “indefensible” number of alleged child sex abusers revealed by world-first data.
The research released by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Monday found almost 4500 people made allegations of child sexual abuse to church authorities over 35 years.
Seven per cent of priests who were members of 75 surveyed Catholic authorities between 1950 and 2010 were alleged offenders.
In one of 10 religious orders examined, the St John of God Brothers, 40.4 per cent of members over the six decades were alleged abusers.
“Between January 1980 and February 2015, 4444 people alleged incidents of child sexual abuse made to 93 Catholic Church authorities,” counsel assisting Gail Furness SC said in Sydney on Monday.
“The average age between the alleged abuse and date a claim was made was 33 years.”
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These have so far resulted in 27 prosecutions, the royal commission heard.
Surely, as a society, we now have to do something to address this shocking situation?
These deluded, child-molesting, hypocrites, should not be allowed access to children: period.
In what other realm of human activity except for religion would we allow a massive organization where 7% of its employees were engaging in child molestation to continue to operate?
Their own ‘God’ told them that:
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Matthew 10:14).
However it seems that the only reason that many of these ‘Priests’ enter the profession is so that they can gain access to a never-ending stock of little children to bugger whilst being members of an organization that will protect them in their endeavours!
As a society we have obviously lost sight of common-sense and justice when it comes to the religious organizations that are active within our communities. If you clothe yourself in religious vestments and don an appearance of ‘religious piety’ then, apparently, it also means that you can abuse children and get away with it. Not occasionally, nor as an isolated instance, but rather continually, for years on end, and without any consequences.
The recent reports indicate that about 7% (at least) of the priesthood should currently be behind bars but instead we put them on a pedestal and provide them with tax breaks as well as a megaphone for their hypocritical tosh.
How is this possible? No Australian should be anything but ashamed to admit that they are one of the fools that have been taken in by one of these criminal organizations.
Surely we should all be out in the streets, every Sunday, picketing the churches which harbour these sick criminals and demanding that they all be prosecuted immediately. Or, at the very least, be prevented from ever going near one of our children ever again.
Why haven’t these organizations been branded as being criminal enterprises?
If 7% of the employees in any other organization in our land were engaged in criminal behaviour on a regular basis then it would have long ago been shut down and outlawed.
The next ‘religious’ person who tries to tell me that they are morally superior I will simply abuse. These wrong-headed ‘sheep’ deserve nothing but condemnation, pity, or abuse.
I am utterly aghast!
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