Why Do Bishops Cover Up Sexual Abuse?
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/essay/why-do-bishops-cover-up-sexual-abuse/
... The answer, in fact, is a simple one. In any institution the loyalty and obedience of subordinates is maintained by some kind of reward given by superiors. ... If BBC executives or Catholic bishops want to shore up their position within their organisation, protecting abusers will ensure that at least an important section of their subordinates are loyal and uncomplaining. Once a culture of abuse is established, more and more people who can be motivated in this way will be drawn into the institution, while the people not wanting to play along will be marginalised, rendered powerless, and leave.
Superiors tolerate and facilitate abuse because it increases their power within the institution. It does not matter what form the abuse takes: emotional, sexual, spiritual, or even financial. Within the institutional Catholic Church, the toleration of all these kinds of abuse can be found. ...
The abuser knows his bishop can denounce him to the authorities any time. That does tend to make the abuser rather compliant with the bishop's wishes!
At root, it's a power trip.
Why do people that are aware of child sexual abuse still support the Roman Catholic church? It is rotten to the core.
The problem with the Catholic Church is that it is made up of sinners. But that can be said of every church, every profession, every organization and agency. You will find corrupt people in every organization, but that does not mean that all of the people are corrupt. The history of the Catholic Church is the history of Satan trying to destroy what Jesus established.
Nice try. I'm pretty sure my church do not have any pedophiles on payroll, and if anybody found out there are, they will be ousted instantly, not protected at the highest levels.
Other than that, all churches obviously are made up of sinful people.
Because the Catholic Church is the one established by Jesus Christ to carry on His work of teaching and governing the people of God to the end of time. Catholicism is true because of Jesus Christ, not because of any or all of the clergy.
Good question
Why single out “Bishops”?
Why not ask about cardinals, diocese, parishes, churches or just simply why does the Catholic Church do such and such?
What precipitated this sudden witch-hunt for “Bishops” when public schools and sports have far more pedophiles and groomers than the Catholics - and it’s not even close?
Why are the article author and op specifically trying to sully the title of “Bishop” all of a sudden?
Cardinals are bishops, it's not a separate rank.
The heat is on bishops because they enabled the abuse to go on much longer than it ought to have done by shuffling priests around and covering up for them. Bishops are also the ones in charge of seminary training, where sketchy men should have been weeded out. "The buck stops" on the bishop's desk. It is quite legitimate to be holding their feet to the fire.
Yes, you are quite correct. There are pedos and groomers in schools and sports and in all walks of life. There are numerically many times more teachers and coaches than there are Catholic priests, so you are going to get more pedos in aggregate, but even the percentage of groomers and pedos is higher with teachers and coaches than it is with priests. And yet, there has not been the same level of concentrated effort by the public to hold to account pedos and groomers amongst the ranks of teachers and coaches, and school boards and sports organizations have not been sued to the same extent the Catholic Church has been. For some reason all the focus has been on the Catholic clergy. The searchlight really ought to be broader, I definitely agree.
The criticism of bishops is not sudden; this is one in a long number of articles by many people in many publications on the subject.
Why do law enforcement, the Justice system, the media and politicians from both sides of the aisle HELP bishops cover up abuse? Ever heard of the Mount Cashel Orphanage scandal?
https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/wells-government-mount-cashel-timeline.php
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/the-legal-battle-over-newfoundland-s-infamous-mount-cashel-sexual-abuse-is-finally-over-but/article_f9c60890-f8e1-555c-8819-88016560f4b9.html
Its rather obvious why isn't it? It's damaging to their control of people.
My Understanding is that the Bishops have to settle lawsuits out of their local funds...
Each diocese is incorporated separately.
An old friend of mine, involved in music in the RCC, told me flat out, the priests are all gay. Very matter of fact about it. Didn't seem embarrassed about it. Didn't seem to think it was a problem.
The RCC is like Hollywood and DC. Gay, transgender and Satanic.
The gay mafia support each other in the seminary and climbing the hierarchy to protect each other.
Straight men had a harder time getting into a seminary, and had to shut up or be kicked out.
It is not as bad as it was a couple decades ago. Seminaries are better, more men enrolled and more priests.
I can't see why people blame the Church herself for those who subvert and destroy her from within.
I would not say all priests are gay, but a significant percentage of them are and they are the ones in charge in most dioceses. Straight priests are rarely offered the high-profile assignments. You want to find good priests, look at the smallest parishes in the crappiest part of town.