I think we can officially say the Catholic Church has become a moral joke:
According to published reports, the Vatican is soon to release new norms that govern matters of sexual abuse by clergy. (Ho hum—but wait, there’s more.) They are expected to include the ordination of women under the delicta graviora, the same category of grave sin that governs sexual abuse by priests. Cue the music of doom!
Music of doom, indeed. Women doing religious teaching = priests raping kids. But then again, if there are women in the priesthood, they might interfere with the special relationship so many Catholic priests have enjoyed with their personal, unwilling sex slaves over the years. That’s just a bridge too far, ladies.
Mixing the two issues, even under the same legal umbrella, is a profoundly perverse proposition. Either these gentlemen are more ethically tone deaf than one can imagine, or they are sly beyond the dreams of foxes in an effort to redirect attention from the criminal behavior of clergy against children to their wrath over the ordination of women.
Look over there! Misogyny! Pay no attention to the altar boys kneeling before various parish priests and bishops!
Perhaps they reason that the women’s ordination cases will keep them so busy that the pedophilia crimes will go away. Maybe they think people will be so scandalized by women wanting to get on with the ministry of the church at a time when the institution is morally bankrupt that they will forget the cover-ups that necessitated this revision of law in the first place. Or, perhaps the foxes may really think that this effort to centralize power with even less accountability can take place quietly since so many people will be exercised over the mere suggestion of women priests.
Completely morally bankrupt. You really should read the whole thing.
How any woman with a shred of dignity or intelligence can remain loyal to this roman catholic crime syndicate is beyond me. BTW-they also just insulted the Episcopal Church and every other denomination that has women clergy.
This explains so much. And they accuse us of “moral relativity.”
As a Wiccan I find that women in fact make better priests than just about any man.
Does anybody still take them seriously?
Hello Evan,
I am the proverbial horse’s mouth and I am now gifting you with the Vatican’s worst nightmare, now realized.
The Vatican is being set up for a much bigger fall than most are expecting. Some amazingly damaging information about pivotal religious assertions is about to become widely available and understood. This child abuse scandal is merely proof of their absolute lack of veracity, before the real controversy is unsealed. Here’s an early peak.
Following is a link to a draft-preview of my upcoming new book for parties like yourself, who are more likely to make good use of the information. The next update is due out later this month.
Finishing the Mysteries of Gods and Symbols
Peace and Wisdom,
Seven
Pedophilia and Women’s Ordination: Two Grievous Transgressions:
http://tiny.cc/wd86o
Child Abuse Scandal: Seeking Accountability: http://tiny.cc/6i6uw