RLD: So that you know, I come from one of the most catholic countires in the world. When my grandfather was an eleven year old altar boy, his priest tried to bugger him up the ass after mass. My grandfather smacked him with a candle holder and got away. When the priest summoned my Great Grandfather to take my Grandfather to task, 3 other families showed up to the church in support of my family. One family had a baby from a 17 year old mother whom the priest had abused. There were 2 other girls that the priest had raped and of course, several little boys who were class mates of my grandfather and found the courage to speak up with my family's support. In her adolescence, my Mother had girlfriends abused as well. I even recall vividly a young friend of mine at the age of seven who was sodomized by his Parrish priest. Is is safe to say there's a pattern here?
The church dealt with the situation by simply sending the priest to another city. The church threatened to ex-communicate my family whereupon my Great Grandfather replied: "May I have a document to confirm that?". My Grandfather never set foot in a catholic church again and my family has since then led a happy Catholic/Guilt/Shame Free life.
While my Mother (this Grand father's daughter) was in university, she looked into the history of Catholicsm in our homeland. The atrocities that the Church and Franco connived together would sicken you into the next lifetime. The astounding amount of abused children and teenage girls is beyond what you can imagine. Education is a magnificent thing. Since my Grandfather's university days, my family has been devoted to the simple notion that Faith is what the human heart needs, not religion. Least of all Catholicism. Through education, faith and clarity that was the first of more than a few priests that my family ran out of town. Their hypocrisy and cruelty did them in, we just pointed it out.
They don't pay taxes and still demand money from the poor. They closed their doors to the Jews during WW2 and they still try to conduct themselves as if nothing is ever wrong. The very definition of Censorship. 'Accountability' is not in the catholic vocabulary.
According to you, I don't have the answer. At least not the answer you want. Perhaps the parents of any abused child, a single mother who gave her weekly wages as an offering or a Bishop who lives in Opulence has the answer you want.
Whatever it is, I hope you find it.
