This relates to pizzagate because the catholic church is an elite organization controlling factions of our government and they're involved in many pedophilia cases.
Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete
Rev. Gerald Fitzgerald, founder of the Servants of the Paraclete,Fitzgerald discussed the issue with the Pope
Paul VI. and in letters with several bishops, "I myself would be inclined to favor laicization for any priest, upon
objective evidence, for tampering with the virtue of the young, my argument being,
charity to the Mystical Body should take precedence over charity to the individual," Fitzgerald wrote
Bishops began sending him priests who had molested young people or could not keep their celibacy vows.
1957 letter to Bishop Matthew Brady of Manchester, N.H., Fitzgerald wrote that abusive priests only pretended to
repent and change "To be again in a position where they can continue their wonted activity." He said eventually the church would have to establish "a uniform code of discipline and of penalties" to protect the priesthood.
According to Father Joseph McNamara who succeeded Fitzgerald as Servant General, Fitzgerald was
eventually forced from leadership a growing
disagreement with the bishop and other members of the congregation over the direction of the
Paracletes.
As Fitzgerald lost control, medical and psychological professionals began working at the center although he
continued to resist these changes .
http://www.theservants.org/WhoWeAre.aspx
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srayzie ago
I believe that they don't even go thru our criminal system. They have their own right? That shocked me. So the church is the one that is in control of the punishments right?
Vindicator ago
The Catholic Church has it's own judicial system, which was the foundation for the European system (it's about 1000 years older). From Wikipedia:
Archdiocese are bound by their bishop to report crimes that break secular law to secular authorities. The buck stops (or doesn't if they're corrupt) with the bishops, who are all pretty much equals (in authority, not in political power and influence) and responsible for their diocese.
Depends. The Church can do little to "punish" a lay person, and it's all spiritual. More can be done to priests -- including losing their pension and livelihood. However, the Church is bound by the teachings of Christ, who required mercy and forgiveness of sins for the repentant, and by canon laws such as the seal of the Confessional, under which a priest may not disclose to ANYONE under pain of excommunication anything told him during the Sacrament of Reconciliation. They cannot report crimes confessed during the sacrament to the police or anyone else, nor can they be compelled to testify in secular court about what they may have heard. All they can do is require the person to self-report before they give them absolution (forgiveness of sins).
srayzie ago
That's just wrong to me. I've seen them just get probation or something. For molestation! They should go to prison like anyone else. If a Christian pastor molested someone, he would have to go thru our Criminal Justice System.
I believe in mercy and forgiveness. But, we should still have to suffer the consequences of what we've done. Maybe that's why there are so many pedophiles in the Catholic Church.