From article
“The Report summarizes the sexual abuse and physical torture perpetrated by all 158 priests and the Archdiocese’s response to that abuse,” the court filing said.
In a letter released Thursday evening, Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore apologized “to the victim-survivors who were harmed by a minister of the Church and who were harmed by those who failed to protect them, who failed to respond to them with care and compassion and who failed to hold abusers accountable for their sinful and criminal behavior.”
“Upon reading today’s motion, we feel renewed shame, deep remorse and heartfelt sympathy, most especially to those who suffered from the actions of representatives of the very Church entrusted with their spiritual and physical well-being,” Lori wrote.
David Lorenz, the Maryland leader of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, described the news of the report and numbers of victims as “absolutely horrendous.”
“Once again, the church has lied about the number of abusive priests,” Lorenz said in a statement. “Many parishes were dumping grounds for predators, some housed almost ten. It is very clear that nobody was safe. Sadly, it is no different than any diocese or secular report in the country.”
Those are just the victims they know about. Many victims don't come forward for varying reasons, and even if they do often no justice will come of it. No one knows the true number, but we can agree it's way more than they would ever admit.
Furthermore, like teachers, the child rapers are often just moved to a different hunting ground when exposed, only to hurt more kids. So those who turn that blind eye are also complicit in the crime. Cover by omission, like msm does every single day.
To represent God and do this to the most vulnerable among us is a special kind of evil. There needs to be a select set of punishments when crimes reach a certain level of sinister. Like how Russia handles pedos.
A report of abuse in France came out about a week ago, too. We are seeing the beginning of the of the end of the Catholic Church as we know it. The Faith will evolve into something more beatific, as those who need to be punished are punished. Let not the act of a man turn your eyes from the truth of the Faith. This is true for all faiths.
See how the government, media, justice system, and the business community in Newfoundland bent over backwards to cover up decades of horrific child abuse at the Mt. Cashel orphanage in St. John's:
https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/wells-government-mt-cashel.php
Absolutely horrific. I highly recommend watching The Keepers on Netflix as it gets into how sordid the Baltimore Archdiocese is and the lengths it has gone through to protect its predators over the decades. The unsolved story of Sister Cathy Cesnik's murder led to the exposure of a huge child sex trafficking ring, facilitated by those in the highest power in Baltimore; priests, politicians and police.
Nancy’s father was mayor of Baltimore...another crime family syndicate. I’m sure he got his kickbacks to coverup too.
https://www.worldtribune.com/who-was-nancy-pelosis-father-fbi-released-60-year-old-files-on-jan-6/
Watched the Keepers… wow! A microcosm and perhaps a glimpse of real world info on how it’s possible for all these agencies to be connected.
I don't watch Netflix but one weekend I dog sat and watched this series and it was EXCELLENT. I didn't remember the name of it so I am glad you brought it up.
I too am very upset over this but please keep in mind this is an occurrence in the ROMAN CATHOLIC church The Eastern Catholic churches (like Byzantine, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Greek, Coptic, etc) have all along kept with strict rules and traditions where as the Roman Catholic church has allowed individual interpretations and liberties in seminarian instruction.
Simple example - Eastern rite priests and nuns are not permitted to even go grocery shopping unescorted.
When they promoted accepting gay priests into the clergy many faithful knew a horrible corruption had been implanted firmly in Rome. I've read disturbing accounts from people about the orthodox churches, not as widespread as the RC hopefully, but almost nothing has come out about all the protestant cults yet either. Tearing down the root is the main goal, to finish scattering the flock. It will work to an extent but those keeping firm to their original faith, like Archbishop Viganó and the outspoken defenders of life, will survive and rebuild.
Thanks for your response but orthodox and protestants are NOT catholic. I was referring to just the catholic church, eastern rites vs latin (RC) rite
Oh I know. Just saying there is (deserved) banging on the Catholic door, while other denominations (hey temples, mosques looking at you too) have been covered up nicely despite credible documented evidence of horrors.
So much paganism in RC. I do not see the same things in Eastern Orthodox at all.