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Sunday, April 28, 2019

A FAIR AND BALANCED INTERVIEW WITH MSGR. STEPHEN ROSSETTI WHO HAS TREATED PRIESTS GUILTY OF ABUSE



Msgr. Rossetti is the one who made clear to me and others the difference between pedophilia and ephebophilia and that pedophilia is a minuscule problem in the Catholic priesthood.  The common thread, though, is how bishops treated priests who abused and recycled them. And now, we are learning, that some bishops and cardinals actually abused too and may have been too empathetic because of their own sins and crimes.

Rossetti emphasizes that the percentage of priests who abuse is about equal to that of other organizations. The Catholic Church, though, has an obligation to deal with it more effectively because we are the Church.

I must take exception, though, with the way Msgr. Rossetti framed the scandal--that the Church hasn't taken seriously how horrible it is to sexually abuse a child or teenager or anyone. In other words, the Church doesn't have empathy of the victims or the would-be victims of the clergy.

Msgr. Rossetti, the Church is the people of God whose Head is God, Jesus Christ. The only ones who seem not to empathize with victims or would-be victims are the abusers and their bishops. They are a minuscule part of the Church! The rest of us, the Church, are horrified by the nonchalant attitude bishops and popes have had for the victims but cried crocodile tears for priests who ruined people's lives and have now destroyed the credibility of the Church.

7 comments:

rcg said...

I am not sure why this matters beyond helping explain why the homosexual cartel that is identified with Theodore McCarrick emphasized recruiting young homosexual seminarians: the young adults could pass for late adolescents to satisfy this urge. Once the poor man is identified as having a problem he should be rejected from the seminary the specifics of what is done to help him are a task for someone else.

TJM said...

rcg,

Exactly. The Church has been guilty of what we call him in the secular world “negligent employment.”

Mark Thomas said...

The Archdiocese of New York released a list of 115 priests, as well as five deacons, accused credibly of "sexually abusing a minor or possessing child pornography, or who were the subject of a claim made to the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP) that was deemed eligible for compensation."

-- 67 of the 120 clergymen — 55.8 percent — were ordained prior to Vatican II.

Additional highlights...

-- 1908 A.D. was the earliest year of ordination.

-- 1919 A.D. was the second earliest year of ordination.

-- 10 were ordained between 1930-1939 A.D.

-- 11 were ordained between 1940-1949 A.D.

-- 37 were ordained between 1950-1959 A.D.

As has been the case in regard to one diocese after another, there was an explosion of perverted seminarians who had been ordained during Pope Venerable Pius XII's reign.

That lends credence to "traditionalists" who have insisted that, speaking spiritually, pre-Vatican II seminaries were in sorry shape.

Pax.

Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas said...

The Archdiocese listed 115 priests and five deacons accused credibly of having abused minors sexually/and or having possessed child pornography.

The Archdiocese's records have indicated that the clergy abuse "crisis" peaked during the early-to-mid 1980s.

That corresponds to records of clergy sexual abuse that have been released by one diocese after another.

The reality is that the "crisis," which is not a crisis, peaked some 35 years ago.

However, time and again, the news media, as well as vicious anti-Catholic "victim's rights" advocates/groups — shakedown artists — have promoted the lie that the Catholic clergy abuse "crisis" is massive within the Church.

Pax.

Mark Thomas


Mark Thomas said...

The Archdiocese of New York released the names of 115 priest, as well as five deacons, who "have been credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor or possessing child pornography, or who were the subject of a claim made to the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP) that was deemed eligible for compensation."

The Archdiocese of New York has noted the following:

-- Not one archdiocesan clergy ordained since the Dallas Charter’s adoption in June 2002 has been the subject of a credible allegation of sexual abuse of a minor.

-- Since the Dallas Charter’s adoption in June 2002, there have occurred two cases of sexual abuse of minors involving active archdiocesan clergy that have been determined to be credible.

Both cases were handled by law enforcement, referred to the archdiocesan Review Board, and resulted in the priest being removed from ministry.

-- No archdiocesan clergy member against whom there has been a credible claim of sexual abuse against a minor is currently in ministry.

Pax.

Mark Thomas

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said...

MT keep in mind that reports of abuse are not made immediately but more often than not 30, or and more years after the abuse. But with that said, bishops no longer recycle priests credibily abused and the laity are no longer in the dark and are more vigilant.

Mark Thomas said...

Fr. Allan J. McDonald said..."But with that said, bishops no longer recycle priests credibily abused and the laity are no longer in the dark and are more vigilant."

Father, that is true.

From the days of the Dallas Charter to date, much has changed, in positive fashion, in regard to the manner in which our bishops have treated the clergy sexual abuse "crisis."

What hasn't changed is the false manner in which the news media, as well as victim's rights advocates/groups — shakedown artists — have reported upon the non-crisis "crisis."

Said folks continue to promote the lie that the "crisis" is of massive proportion within the Church.

Pax.

Mark Thomas