It was great to see the article on the front page of the Star today, telling of our own, local National Catholic Reporter (NCR) newspaper and their work since the 1980's, for pity's sake, to get their church to "do the right thing" regarding the sexual and physical abuse scandals in their church.
That took guts, on their part.
All that time, being virtually the only group pointing out what was happening and what needed to be done, to address the scandals and put the church on the right path.
They're right, too, the rest of us are all "Johnny come lately's" at this, sure, but you know what? More and more groups, from within and without the Catholic Church need to speak up and call for accountability of the Catholic Church's leadership so the people abused can be addressed and so, hopefully, abuses like these in the past can never be repeated.
I say again--and it's stunning that no one in Rome, at the Vatican gets it--there need to be structures put in place within the church so these things don't happen again, once the past abuses have been addressed.
Kudos to the NCR and their work and diligence.
It's been the right thing to do all along.
Link to original story:
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/09/1868404/kc-based-national-catholic-reporter.html
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Oh they get it alright, they're in ill-advised damage control and have seriously misjudged from their ivory tower just how angry the world has become over these seemingly endless abuses going back decades, hundreds of years probably.It's the culture of the church and won't be dislodged easily.The Pope has stated that it is about the damage to the church, it not about the abuses suffered and continuing to be suffered.These are 'worthless' victims to the church, a nuisance, scarcely even an embarrassement.Time for the members of the church to stand up and refuse to take it anymore.
I couldn't agree more.
mr
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