I heard in the news today that another catholic priest has been accused of repeated acts of pedophily on numerous young boys over many years. This time there is strong evidence beyond any doubt that the authorities were well informed of Father Prince's behaviour for as long as 17 years ago but they chose to put all their efforts in not letting it go public. They did nothing for the victims. Some of them were as young as 6 years old.
There are so many cases of child abuse and pedophily among the Catholic clergy that it is no longer possible to qualify such hideous acts as isolated cases. It is now a fact that the Vatican has always been aware of what was (is?), going on, physical and psychological violence, rape, sado-maso practices, sodomy...The systematic application of the rule of Omerta providing complete immunity to the culprits shows that the Catholic church has become a haven for all sorts of perverts.
I read the Bible in search of any clues that may explain this state of affairs and I found nothing that allows such monstruous acts of depravity, unless Jesus' statement "Let the children come to me" is to be interpreted in the light of pedophily, but I don't think so.
We know historically many Christian churches were formed in reaction to the Vatican's abusive policies. This means that it is practically impossible to change the Church from the inside. And still the Pope refuses to accept homosexuality and will not allow priests to marry (for obvious economic reasons). If there are any Catholics in this forum, I wonder what they make of all this. It's not only about destroying the lives of young boys. Not so long ago the Pope excommunicated a young Brasilian girl who got an abortion because she got pregnant after she got raped. Her doctor and her parents also got excommunicated. We also know that during the second world war, not only did the Vatican not help the Jews but actually collaborated with the Nazis and helped them flee justice after they lost the war. Here in Quebec, during the fifties, orphanages were transformed into mental health institutions for financial reasons and orphans were systematically labelled mentally ill and-or retarded. Many were lobotomised and only recently did the survivors get some symbolic compensation from the government, not the church. All this caused many to abandon their religion but surprisingly many Catholics still prefer to go on living on their knees.
Apart from the Catholics, I also wonder what the other Christians make of this, since the Vatican is the richest and most powerful and is considered the main reference of Christianity, thus determining the general image of all Christian churches.