Johann Hari calls for the arrest of the Pope part 2

Johann Hari is a guest on the Dateline London programme, 3rd April, 2010. The other guests were Laura Lynch, Michael Goldfarb and Marc Roche.

The topics covered were: Pope Ratzinger's cover-up of institutionalised child abuse in the catholic church; the upcoming UK election; recession recovery strategies and Obama's military aggression in Afghanistan.

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[noslensetax]

the pope should be arrested

[cleverfeller]

If ever proof were required that there is one law for the powerful and another for the rest of us....this is it. Here we have an 'educated' journalist who repeatedly defends an organistion which systematically rapes kids over a long period of time with written confirmation of a cover-up at its very pinnacle by a religious leader and Estler isn't only not asking 'hard' questions about it, he's actively making excuses for it.

Why is this bag of shite still working for the BBC?!!!

[kirked007]

Celibacy is not todays' issue. The critical point is that the Pope is head of an international conspiracy of covering up Paedophiles revolting acts to young trusting children.

[MrApikoros]

The best thing for Christianity will be the long overdue death of The Church. I feel that Religion is in its death throes, and will probably not last this century. The moral teachings of Jesus are immortal, and will survive intact, and the World will be a better place when evil men stop hiding behind good men in their dark unaccountable institutions. I look forward to visiting Rome on the day the Vatican becomes The Museum of Catholic History. Oh, and the pope oughta be skinned alive.

[rt36crazyfists]

The Catholic Church got away with the greatest massacre in history that can be named in two words, the Inquisition. We look back on it with disbelief but it occurred at the height of the church's power, people lacked any scientific understanding of the world, mental illness was demonic possession, witches prowled and no one could challenge the church. I can't believe that in this age of progress and mass media, we will let the church get away with its next atrocity. How will posterity see this?

[ciaracustard]

@MorginWard Me and my dad were literally on the floor laughing the first time we heard him say that even before the headlines. I've got folks over there and it was obvious that things were bad - I don't understand how someone could actually be that wrong.

[MorginWard]

LOL at the french dude saying the irish are coming out of the ressession! Check the headlines now, could not have been more wrong!

[Sirstingray]

@PhysicalsimForever

You m be taking a glib and overly dim view of modern Christianity here. I don't agree with Christianity, but you can't say that the modern church has the "witch-burning" attitude... Christian doctrine is entitled to change and evolve.

[Sirstingray]

@ernesto7012

1st. You're correct in that there is plenty of evidence that a normal sex life is not a deterrent for pedophilia. However, what has not been determined is whether these priests were a) pedophiles, b) just getting sex wherever they could or c) power-mad rapist sadists.

2. The responsibility of moving the priests always comes back to the bosses. The bishops would only do what they thought was accepted by the cardinals/pope.

3. The cases were secret to protect rapist priests first.

[Lukeeeeo]

fucking genereal election BORING

[ernesto7012]

1st Celibacy is not the cause of Pedophile behavior

2nd The local Bishops moved pedophiles not the Pope

3rd Cases reported where to be kept secret to safeguard the integrity of the victims and to protect wrongly accused priest.

[PhysicalsimForever]

Women cannot defend the Christians without being absolutely ignorant - the Christian doctrines associate all women as the accomplices of satan, who introduced sin to the human race - think of all those women burned as 'witches' - not to forget the poor wolves, who were considered as extremely evil familiars of the devil. And you think the modern church thinks ay differently? They don't.