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	Church: We’re Sorry, We Guess Philadelphia Weekly February 25, 2011 http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2011/02/24/church-we%E2%80%99re-sorry-we-guess/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-we%25e2%2580%2599re-sorry-we-guess The church has apologized! No, not specific priests, and not to their rape and torture victims. No, not the specific Cardinals and/or Bishops who covered it up. No, not the pope. But the Catholic Standard and Times, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia – which once in a while, like in this case, breaks news – has published a letter of apology. Yeah, we were surprised, too. But then we read the whole thing. “We are sorry…We, the Church, are sorry for the sexual abuse suffered by our brothers and sisters when they were young people at the hands of the Church’s clergymen and teachers. The Church is sorry for the sins and crimes of some members against other members. The Church begs forgiveness of our brothers and sisters, and of almighty God…” begins the letter. According to Philly Confidential (Standard and Times’ website isn’t working for some reason), the apology is unsigned and begins taking on a ‘There are a lot of pedophiles out there, and they’re all bad! Why does everyone always blame us!? How dare Pennsylvania try to lift the statute of limitations on ’sexual abuse’ cases!’ Word for word, it was more like this: “The problem of sexual abuse of minors is being addressed, albeit imperfectly, in only one sector of society, the Catholic Church,” the statement reads. “Youth sports organizations, public schools, community groups and other faith communities all report incidents of abuse. (But) few have been forced to look as extensively at the horror of child sexual abuse perpetrated within their organizations or to enact broad policies to prevent it.” Ah, another non-apology apology from the dwindling Catholic Church. Gotta love ‘em.
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