While Survivors Gather In Rome.Prior To Vatican Summit On Sexual Abuse, Pope Says Critics Of Church Are "Friends Of The Devil" (pizzagate)

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Pontiff disturbed over tide of accusations prior to Vatican summit on sexual abuse

Pope Francis has said that those who constantly criticise the Catholic church are “friends of the devil”.

Speaking to pilgrims from southern Italy, the pontiff said that defects of the church needed to be denounced so they could be corrected, but that those who condemned “without love” were linked to the devil.

“One cannot live a whole life accusing, accusing, accusing, the church,” he said. People who did, he said, were “the friends, cousins and relatives of the devil”.

His remarks come as dozens of victims of clerical sexual abuse gathered in Rome ahead of an unprecedented Vatican summit on the issue.

In the lead-up to the four-day event, which begins on Thursday and which will be attended by about 180 bishops and cardinals, the victims have criticised the church’s failure to sufficiently address the issue so far.

The Vatican said it hoped that the meeting would mark a turning point. But people who had survived sexual abuse by priests said the church was nowhere close to confronting the deeply entrenched problem.

Peter Isley, spokesperson for Ending Clergy Abuse, an organisation that brings together activists from different countries, told reporters on Wednesday that the victims’ group would demand Pope Francis adopted zero tolerance measures for paedophiles.

“There are two points,” Isley said. “Kicking out abusive priests and expelling the bishops and cardinals who covered them up. Resignations are not enough.”

Twelve victims met together with the organising committee of the summit on Wednesday afternoon.

One, Phil Saviano, whose revelations to Boston Globe journalists in 1992 led to a widespread investigation that exposed sex abuse by the clergy, gave a letter to the archbishop of Malta, Charles Scicluna, asking for the names of thousands of priests found guilty of child abuse.

“Peoples’ faith and trust in the Vatican is rapidly washing away,” he wrote in the letter.

Anne Barrett Doyle, from the US-based website BishopAccountability.org, told reporters in Rome that canon law had to be fundamentally changed so that it stopped “prioritising the priesthood of ordained men over the lives of children and vulnerable adults who are sexually assaulted by them”.

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KnightsofHubris ago

Off topic. Federal Judge in Miami said prosecutors broke the law by keeping the epstein sweetheart deal from the victims.

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.html?__twitter_impression=true

think- ago

Yes, I'm currently writing a post about it.

3141592653 ago

Their weekend getaway is a slap in the face to the abuse survivors

think- ago

Yes.

Pablolove ago

Shameless to the extreme this organisation

hg74rhyd9 ago

I'm curious what peeps on this thread think about the prophecies about the Last Pope? This dude is THE dude, if the prophecies are correct.

think- ago

The two Popes before him weren't better either. And I'm afraid the next one will also be not better, only that he probably won't be a Globalist, but a conservative Pope.

This will take decades, if not centuries.

NoRoyalty ago

The Rod of God has a long arm.

hg74rhyd9 ago

Maybe they wouldn't have spent their whole lives accusing, accusing, accusing if church authorities hadn't spent their whole lives denying, denying, denying.

think- ago

Exactly.

Aasb ago

So here is a man from the Catholic Church, a place where almost every year news about pedo priests and their crimes come out and nothing changes. A Man from the Vatican, a place where its hall looks like the head of a giant serpent, from the outside and the inside.

We know serpents symbolize deception. If you are about to construct a building that represents holiness and connection to the creator, there should be no room for interpretation. This is not a mistake. And it is not a mistake that the background with Jesus looks like a snapshot from hell.

I wonder if the investigators of these pedo priest crimes ever find evidence connecting them to satanism. Because media never connects satanism with pedo priests.

hg74rhyd9 ago

You know, I've seen these pictures dozens of times, and yet every time I look again and think how blatant it is. Don't rely on the media to connect much of anything to anything, they're complicit too, it's the best way to buy their silence.

davemcgowanwasright ago

The pope is a friend of the devil

new4now ago

wow, now the church is pulling a card

criticize the Church and you are friends of the devil

he needs to take his head out of his ass and realize pulling cards like that doesnt go over very well anymore

he/ she who pulls a card is exploiting the issue for a reason

Blacksmith21 ago

Fuck this pope. Actually, fuck all popes. No one should be forced to kiss the ring of another man.

LightlyToasted ago

tfw Pope calls child rape protectionists devils https://imgoat.com/uploads/644a684f98/199703.gif

[Pope] will be having a terrible May. Those who backed him will be pushed into the LIGHT> Dark to LIGHT. TRUTH. Q

think- ago

Agree.

apple-bag ago

pope can eat shit

Tzitzimitl ago

hopefully from the diseased anus of those migrants he loves so much

Lansing-Michigan ago

Fascists hate women and children. The vatican and church are fascist whether all catholics know it or not. Look at the areas that are heavily catholic ..South America..etc. no birth control and no abortion...plenty of babies when you follow those guidelines. Our supreme court is catholic for the most part.

Tzitzimitl ago

u fucking wot m8

1776Jimbo ago

If Obama had a white male, catholic uncle.........l.llll

aumone ago

Pope say critics of the Church are "Friends of the Devil" is so much hogwash. For me personally, I am NOT critical of the Church per se, but I do not believe the current pope is 1. A Catholic 2. A true Christian. I am a critic of the fake pope and want to see him removed. That would be a huge step in getting my Catholic Religion back on track.

Pablolove ago

The entire organisation is satanic. Completely apostate, doesn't teach the truth of the bible, has been involved in politics, wars , violence since its inception. Matthew 7v15-20 is so spot on.

alakai ago

It's called projection he is friends with the devil so he accuses others of being so

dudelol ago

/v/RomanQuestion <-- get woke

Tzitzimitl ago

*sleeped