The Vatican Makes Another Mistake

**Rasselas** · 28th June 2010 02:59 PM

One cardinal speaks out against the church's handling of the sex abuse scandals and the Holy See's reaction is....to silence him: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...ef=global-home

Despotism is as despotism does.

**Singularity** · 28th June 2010 03:30 PM

It is bad but this pattern of insouciance they are set on following will produce grave consequences for them in the future if they keep it up.

Hard to tell exactly what might happen, but the Dark Ages have been over for a long time. People will recognize what the Church has done and hold them accountable.

**Divine Wind** · 28th June 2010 05:55 PM

Dogmatic religions are their own worst enemy.

**Stefan Bandera** · 28th June 2010 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by Rassales

One cardinal speaks out against the church's handling of the sex abuse scandals and the Holy See's reaction is....to silence him: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010...ef=global-home

Despotism is as despotism does.

THE CHURCH has never claimed to be a democratic institution so it is no suprise that the good Cardinal was told to eat his red beenie. It is odd and sad that a Church that has confression and foregiveness in it's process and beleifs has not confessed openly and has not asked for foregiveness. That is after attonement. As a Catholic I have been beyond disgusted with the so called leadership of THE CHURCH.

**Tedminator** · 29th June 2010 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by Stefan Bandera

As a Catholic I have been beyond disgusted with the so called leadership of THE CHURCH.

Heres an article you might find interesting.
It really is high time to let the Catholic priests have wives and eventually have women clergy. The current 'all boys club' mentality is a bit too medieval imo.

A Woman’s Place Is in the Church
The cause of the Catholic clergy's sex-abuse scandal is no mystery: insular groups of men often do bad things. So why not break up the all-male club?
Catholics: Time to Break Up the All-Male Club - Newsweek

**Bluegrass** · 29th June 2010 06:30 AM

Schoenborn has been a leading figure in the abuse crisis, forcefully denouncing abuse, presiding over service of reparations for victims and openly calling for an honest examination of issues like priestly celibacy.

In other comments on April 28, Schoenborn was quoted as saying the quality of a gay relationship should be taken into greater consideration, the church needed a new perspective on the remarriage of divorcees, and it was no secret the Vatican government was ''in urgent need of reform.''

It is Schoenborn's overall progressiveness within the ranks of the Church that makes him a "problem" with the Vatican, considering that he wants the church to reexamine a host of issues, including celibacy and homosexuality. It seems to be a familiar conflict: dogma vs reason.