Posted: Apr 15, 2010 4:21 am
Lion IRC wrote:Many countries have mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse and it is an offence not to. Similarly most jurisdictions have provision to charge someone for;
Aiding and abetting
Being an accessory after the fact
Harboring a known felon
Perverting the course of justice.
Destroying evidence.
The clock is ticking. The bible is getting louder. Time to reap what has been sown.
The pope knows exactly what is meant by submission to “governing authorities” (Romans 13.1) and he knows that “rendering unto Caesar” is not JUST about paying taxes.
Nicodemus (a religious leader) secretly came to Jesus under the cover of night. Noting this, Jesus warned him about evil doers who prefer to do things in the darkness. (John 3:19) And the pope knows “Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed”
A millstone really would have been better for anyone who contributed to sin involving “these little ones”. The pope knows full well the words of Jesus which say woe to those “through whom” these sinful things come – the facilitators of sin against children who lie to or abuse children or try to teach them that such things are NOT sins. (Luke 17:1)
The people affected by this abuse are not a small proportion. There are perhaps a billion catholic victims of this abuse wondering how any one in charge could have been so stupid and egotistical as to think “the reputation” of the church was worth selling so cheaply. 30 pieces of silver for gullible Judas to betray Jesus?
What possessed any church leader to think that the discovery of a pedophile needed to be covered up for “the greater good”? What a joke. What lack of faith in God!
Satan must be laughing so hard.
Lion (IRC)
Bravo, Lion. Well said.