Maybe Tim Minchin should have directed his wrath to those responsible for covering up the sex abuse instead of attacking Pope Benedict.
The report states: “The Church authorities failed to implement most of their own canon law rules on dealing with clerical child sexual abuse.”
This is why, in 2001, Pope Benedict (as Cardinal Ratzinger) was given some responsibility in dealing with child sex abuse - local Bishops had made such a cock-up that the Vatican had step in to fix the problem.
@Jerrymanda101 Crimen Sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope. It instructs bishops on how to deal with allegations of child abuse against priests and has been seen by few outsiders. Critics say the document has been used to evade prosecution for sex crimes. It imposes an oath of secrecy on the child victim, the priest dealing with the allegation and any witnesses. Breaking that oath means excommunication from the Catholic Church.
@PressAnyKey2Start Murphy never said what you imply. The Murphy Report actually said:
"4.2.1 The main problem with these procedural rules [from Crimen Sollicitationis] was that virtually no one appears to have known anything about them – including the people who were supposed to implement them.
4.24 So, an unusual situation had existed whereby a document setting out the procedure for dealing with clerical child sexual abuse was in existence but virtually no one knew about it or used it."
@Jerrymanda101 You must live in your own little bubble Jerry if you can take at face value anything any of the Irish bishops have said (even under oath) on this matter. These bishops (along with bishops worldwide) all acted similarly - they acted, not to protect children/victims but to protect the institution of the Church.
@PressAnyKey2Start If the the Dublin Bishops (as the Murphy Reports states) were unfamiliar with the document "Crimen Sollicitationis", than logically your allegation against Cardinal Ratzinger can't be true?
But more importantly you fail to see that had Crimen Sollicitationis been followed the problem of Clergy sex abuse would have been properly dealt with. The problem with the Dublin bishops wasn't that they followed Canon Law, it was that they didn't follow Canon Law.
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sofos870 7 months ago
Maybe Tim Minchin should have directed his wrath to those responsible for covering up the sex abuse instead of attacking Pope Benedict.
The report states: “The Church authorities failed to implement most of their own canon law rules on dealing with clerical child sexual abuse.”
This is why, in 2001, Pope Benedict (as Cardinal Ratzinger) was given some responsibility in dealing with child sex abuse - local Bishops had made such a cock-up that the Vatican had step in to fix the problem.
Jerrymanda101 1 year ago
@Jerrymanda101 Crimen Sollicitationis was enforced for 20 years by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became the Pope. It instructs bishops on how to deal with allegations of child abuse against priests and has been seen by few outsiders. Critics say the document has been used to evade prosecution for sex crimes. It imposes an oath of secrecy on the child victim, the priest dealing with the allegation and any witnesses. Breaking that oath means excommunication from the Catholic Church.
PressAnyKey2Start 1 year ago
@PressAnyKey2Start Murphy never said what you imply. The Murphy Report actually said:
"4.2.1 The main problem with these procedural rules [from Crimen Sollicitationis] was that virtually no one appears to have known anything about them – including the people who were supposed to implement them.
4.24 So, an unusual situation had existed whereby a document setting out the procedure for dealing with clerical child sexual abuse was in existence but virtually no one knew about it or used it."
Jerrymanda101 1 year ago
@Jerrymanda101 You must live in your own little bubble Jerry if you can take at face value anything any of the Irish bishops have said (even under oath) on this matter. These bishops (along with bishops worldwide) all acted similarly - they acted, not to protect children/victims but to protect the institution of the Church.
PressAnyKey2Start 1 year ago
@PressAnyKey2Start If the the Dublin Bishops (as the Murphy Reports states) were unfamiliar with the document "Crimen Sollicitationis", than logically your allegation against Cardinal Ratzinger can't be true?
But more importantly you fail to see that had Crimen Sollicitationis been followed the problem of Clergy sex abuse would have been properly dealt with. The problem with the Dublin bishops wasn't that they followed Canon Law, it was that they didn't follow Canon Law.
Jerrymanda101 1 year ago