The only thing I can contribute in response is that of a protestant's perspective.
If teaching God's word was reserved to the sinnless, there would be no preachers, pastors, or priests. Jesus would be the only one worthy to teach us, which doesn't work. Obviously this is part of satan's twisting of words and our minds to put wedges between us and our fellow man, and therefore also between us and God.
We have all fallen short and are unworthy without Grace.
It isn't fair or accurate to lump all of the Catholic Church's leadership into one thing, as if they can read eachother's minds and know what everyone is doing at all times.
There are any number of situations and people involved when a pedo thing happens, and most are different.
Sometimes the police are called, sometimes not. A lot of times dicipline is relegated to the church, others the priest are arrested and tried.
If you rely on only the MSN for your news on the topic, then all priests and bishops are a cabal of pedos and conspire to ship pedos to as many parishes as possible.
If you actually take the time to follow stories through as far as reported to the public, you may be surprised to find the truth is different.
First, the actual number of incidents are a power of magnatude smaller than what is flippantly claimed. There is a stigma around Priests that all are pedos. Not true obviously.
Second, in several cases the offender actually ended up in prison. Others were removed from the priesthood. Some are dead: murdered, "punished", killed by inmates, etc.
Third, yes, there are documented cases where corrupt leadership hid (tried to hide?) the offender. Do all priests or Bishops approve of this? Obviously not.
But what is your average (non pedo) priest supposed to do? They aren't doing the job of shepherd because it is easy, or because they agree with all their leadership's decisions. They are there to do God's will and carry on sharing the message while surrounded by sin and satan's work. You can't stop just because someone sinned, as agregious as this is. Again, I think it is overly simplistic to a situation to assume they are all on board with the sin and decisions made by leadership which is beyond their control.
Parisheners should not lump people in together like your mom is doing. It isn't moral and it isn't Christian, and is definitely NOT what Christ taught.
If you lump all lesbians together and say they are all going to burn in hell, and they're all pink haired werdo progressive pedo Molech worshipers....I think you can agree that is not right.
Plus, in doing so you affront God by attempting to nullify Grace, which is his gift to give and not ours to discard flippantly. Is it being said that the Holy Spirt cannot enter a repentant heart, or that someone cannot be reached because you think their sin is too great?
My family has a very blunt relationship, so if my mom was acting like this, I would be comfortable calling her out on that attitude. I'll pray you are able to reach yours.
Great perspective all around Rooks! Shalimar, all good Catholics are pissed about this. But do you know who's even more pissed than anyone else? The good priests! We're talking about 0.5% - 4% of priests who were involved and the mere few in the hierarchy who covered it up are absolutely complicit. Yet, the good ones are also accused and attacked because of the bad few. But what is the average good priest in your neighborhood to do? They have no authority. Leave the priesthood? That's a win for Satan. Speak out from the pulpit? They do it often. Assist in the healing of those abused? Those I know do this too. The laiety have more power than priests in this fight. Go to a parish of a good priest, stop giving the diocese your money, pray for all involved, use your voice. I told my Archbishop to his face he was complicit when God gave me the opportunity. But to walk away from your faith because of the actions of others is not the answer. I pray your mom will return while she still can.
The only thing I can contribute in response is that of a protestant's perspective.
If teaching God's word was reserved to the sinnless, there would be no preachers, pastors, or priests. Jesus would be the only one worthy to teach us, which doesn't work. Obviously this is part of satan's twisting of words and our minds to put wedges between us and our fellow man, and therefore also between us and God. We have all fallen short and are unworthy without Grace.
It isn't fair or accurate to lump all of the Catholic Church's leadership into one thing, as if they can read eachother's minds and know what everyone is doing at all times.
There are any number of situations and people involved when a pedo thing happens, and most are different.
Sometimes the police are called, sometimes not. A lot of times dicipline is relegated to the church, others the priest are arrested and tried.
If you rely on only the MSN for your news on the topic, then all priests and bishops are a cabal of pedos and conspire to ship pedos to as many parishes as possible. If you actually take the time to follow stories through as far as reported to the public, you may be surprised to find the truth is different.
First, the actual number of incidents are a power of magnatude smaller than what is flippantly claimed. There is a stigma around Priests that all are pedos. Not true obviously.
Second, in several cases the offender actually ended up in prison. Others were removed from the priesthood. Some are dead: murdered, "punished", killed by inmates, etc.
Third, yes, there are documented cases where corrupt leadership hid (tried to hide?) the offender. Do all priests or Bishops approve of this? Obviously not.
But what is your average (non pedo) priest supposed to do? They aren't doing the job of shepherd because it is easy, or because they agree with all their leadership's decisions. They are there to do God's will and carry on sharing the message while surrounded by sin and satan's work. You can't stop just because someone sinned, as agregious as this is. Again, I think it is overly simplistic to a situation to assume they are all on board with the sin and decisions made by leadership which is beyond their control.
Parisheners should not lump people in together like your mom is doing. It isn't moral and it isn't Christian, and is definitely NOT what Christ taught.
If you lump all lesbians together and say they are all going to burn in hell, and they're all pink haired werdo progressive pedo Molech worshipers....I think you can agree that is not right.
Plus, in doing so you affront God by attempting to nullify Grace, which is his gift to give and not ours to discard flippantly. Is it being said that the Holy Spirt cannot enter a repentant heart, or that someone cannot be reached because you think their sin is too great?
My family has a very blunt relationship, so if my mom was acting like this, I would be comfortable calling her out on that attitude. I'll pray you are able to reach yours.
Great perspective all around Rooks! Shalimar, all good Catholics are pissed about this. But do you know who's even more pissed than anyone else? The good priests! We're talking about 0.5% - 4% of priests who were involved and the mere few in the hierarchy who covered it up are absolutely complicit. Yet, the good ones are also accused and attacked because of the bad few. But what is the average good priest in your neighborhood to do? They have no authority. Leave the priesthood? That's a win for Satan. Speak out from the pulpit? They do it often. Assist in the healing of those abused? Those I know do this too. The laiety have more power than priests in this fight. Go to a parish of a good priest, stop giving the diocese your money, pray for all involved, use your voice. I told my Archbishop to his face he was complicit when God gave me the opportunity. But to walk away from your faith because of the actions of others is not the answer. I pray your mom will return while she still can.