Hungry Beast ep 20 - The Beast File on the Vatican't response to abuse allegations

The final Beast File for season two looks at the Catholic Churchs response to child sex abuse and the 2000-year paper trail of Church documents showing this first became an issue in the years following Jesus death.

Over the years, Vatican officials have blamed child sex abuse by priests on everything from homosexuality to the media. Recently, in a letter of apology to Irish Catholics, Pope Benedict XIV, appeared to blame the abuse on the secularisation and fast-paced change associated with modern society.

But as this Beast File shows, modern society has little to do with it and documents linking priests to child abuse go back almost 2000 years.

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[thebradprojectsydney]

A very accurate and true analysis of the problem - keep up the good work ABCTV.

[logansGT]

Jack Kerouac's pithy little poem summed it up:

"Oh hope, oh Pope.....oh nope!"

[MilitantPeaceist]

Considering the Romans, who said they killed Christ, also commissioned & edited the bible, reading the bible to know about Jesus is like reading the Nazi manifesto to find out about the Jews!

& now His royal Dipshit is calling for a war on "Extreeme Atheists".

Yet another scapegoat for the sad 'ol kiddy fiddler!

[Jamus955i]

@1enzeder My clarification was that whilst Peter was never accounted as being in Rome, Paul was activelly involved in the Christian movement there.

And Yes I am agreeing with you on the twisting of Matthew that has been used to regard Peter as being the first Pope.

[1enzeder]

@Jamus955i As if it wasn't obvious enough, Paul confirms "The Rock is Christ"(1 Cor 10;4). Paul was apostle to the gentiles, there is nothing in his writings from the canon of scripture that remotely describes anything like the establishment of the cath. ch. though I'm sure the vatican could come up with some document of dubious origin, claiming it to be Paul's, that would support their claim. Any more questions?

[1enzeder]

@Jamus955i No. Jesus said, referring to Peters confession that Jesus was the Son of God(Mt 16;18), that this central truth was the rock on which he would (and has) build his church. The catholics somehow managed to distort this to mean Jesus was referring to Peter rather than what Peter said, and therefore regard him as the first pope. (He said it the way he did because 'peter' means small stone).

[capablemachine]

@SeventySevenx No you're a gamer and must be a virgin, 'blaming your horrible appearance and demeanor"

[capablemachine]

You know most ancient cultures had a history of child abuse. Going back 2000 years? Come on guys, even if that is true how is it relevent to the modern world?

[Jamus955i]

@1enzeder Peter never founded the Roman Catholic Church that was Paul.

Peter, according to scripture, was not to even be found in Rome, this has been nothing but fanciful myth perpetrated by the RC Church.

[LINKx12]

Nice bunch of lies again ABC, some people actually know the facts ;p

[1enzeder]

Hang on a second. Didache older than the new testament? The catholic papal system was founded(erroneously) on the new testament writing that Jesus, when talking about the rock on which he will build his church, was referring to Peter. I'm no fan of the catholic church, but someone hasn't got their facts straight. Secondly the catholic church are amateurs in the child abuse business. The big players are CPS and dyncorp. Stupid pedophiles hide in bushes near schools, smart ones join CPS.

[Azel112]

mwhuhahahaha i love ripping catholics because they rape people lol its fucking one of my most loved things