Setting Pope Benedict’s record straight
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Setting Pope Benedict’s record straight
Posted by Barbara Dorris on February 21, 2013
Let’s get specific. What exactly DID Pope Benedict do about the committing and concealing of child sex crimes in the church? LA Times writer Mitchell Lansberg did a good job of summarizing the case made by Benedict’s defenders, who say that he:
1. “essentially banished an influential Mexican priest, Father Marcial Maciel, who had long been suspected of sexually abusing seminarians and boys in his care and had fathered at least three children”
2. “ordered investigations into sexual abuse and issued guidelines in 2010 that made it easier to punish abusive priests”
3. “spoke of the ‘deep shame’ and ‘humiliation’ the scandal had brought on the Catholic Church. He apologized to victims”
Now, let’s talk about these points in greater detail.
1. To call say that Benedict “banished” Fr. Maciel is over-the-top. Fr. Maciel was actually “invited to retire from public ministry” by Benedict following an investigation into his crimes in 2006. (Serious and credible allegations against Maciel by several victims were first made in the late 1990s.) Maciel was not forced to apologize, and neither he nor his supervisors were told to help in any sort of criminal investigations. It’s estimated that there are around 37,000 predator priests worldwide. By tepidly slapping Maciel’s hand after considerable publicity and pressure, Benedict took belated action one predator priest. We hardly think that’s worth much praise.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 12:38 PM
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2013-02-22 06:35:36
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