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	Vatican Spin Finds Weak Faith at Source of Irish Clerical Sex Abuse By James A. Jenkins Voice from the Desert February 17, 2010 http://reform-network.net/?p=2619 The rape and sodomy of children by bishops and priests, whether in Ireland or around the world, is serial criminal sexual assault for which Benedict XVI, and all his flacks in the Vatican, and especially "Santo Subito" John Paul II, his predecessor, are all complicit. The Vatican, and especially bishops around the world, they all knew the extent of the criminal sexual assaults and corruption of the priesthood. And they did NOTHING to stop it. How different it could have been if decades ago John Paul and Ratzinger would have announced what they had learned when they first became aware of the abuse, called for investigations and reports from every bishop in every diocese in the world, asked for forgiveness and information from every survivor so that this criminality would never be repeated nor condone again? What we Catholics got instead was the ultimate corporate dodgy response: hire some slick public relations firms and heavy handed lawyers; contain the public's awareness of the problem; either pay out "hush money" to survivors, or try to intimidate and humiliate survivors into silence by thuggish legal tactics. "A weakening of faith" indeed. Sadly, Benedict seems to only have faith in protecting his and his clerical cronies corporate power.
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