Anyone who listens to the news has heard about the scandal surrounding sex abuse and the Catholic Church. How horrific is it that the teachers of morality are corn holing innocent children, kids who are taught by their parents to trust and love their priests? Even more importantly though is the institutional coverup of these perverts. As disturbing as it is, the abuse of trust by both the individuals perpetrating these horrendous deeds and the subterfuge initiated by their superiors, the victims and their families seem to be only an ancillary subject, not the main issue.
Yet, the trust given to these perverted people, leaders in their communities, bastions of moral and spiritual idolatry, is betrayed by these monsters who use Faith as a backdrop for their perversions. What is worse, there seems to be some kind of institutional understanding to protect these perverts who defile the youth they are supposed to lead.
In my research for this post, I forced myself to read a number of published articles about the abuse of children, more specifically the abuse perpetrated by Catholic priests. Almost everything I read had to do with how the “conspiracy” was perpetrated. Using statistics to illustrate, it seemed like they were trying to take the personal damage done by these perverts and make it merely numbers. Yet the truth is kids were damaged by these acts of depravity. The kids are not numbers, but real living, vulnerable children who trusted their robed and anointed leaders.
Their trust was misplaced and rewarded with vile wickedness. Maybe we could learn to forgive and forget the transgression, yet what about those who were violated, why should they forgive or forget? I think the Bible says something about an eye for an eye, I wonder if that kind of justice can be meted to those who taught that lesson.
In my research for this post I read about cover-ups, the moving of priests from one place to another to hide their vile acts, even edicts by the “very top” of the chain to correct the problem of defiling innocent children who trusted their priests, yet in nothing did I see any explanation as to HOW THESE VILE ACTS COULD BE PERPETRATED in the first place!
Yes, I am upset about this sad state of affairs in the largest Christian institution in the world. Catholics control religious doctrine throughout the world, they control whole economies and the thinking of so many people, yet they cannot keep their penises in their robes! Yet they feel they have the moral obligation to tell their minions what is morally right and wrong.
Who are they to be the moral compass of the world! I understand there is only a small percentage of actual vile, perverted Priests who violate their flock, but they are being hidden by the majority. There is a conspiracy to create a false image of those perverts---to make the Church look good!
All the while the innocent “lambs”---the churches flock is getting RAPED by the lies issued by Bishops and others more powerful!
The words of a band called P.O.D. in their song,
Youth of the Nation
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment he forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was, I know it’s because
We are, we are the youth of the world
Who’s to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say it don’t take away the pain
That I feel inside, I’m tired of all the lies
Don’t nobody know why it’s the blind leading the blind
I guess that’s the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense, somebody’s got to know
There’s got to be more to life than this
There’s got to more to everything I thought exits
We are, we are the youth of the world
More than the boys and girls violated are effected by these vile acts of depravity, one way or another almost every one in our world is effected by them. Maybe the first step toward healing, is for the Church to admit, publicly and vociferously the depths to which it is involved in the cover up and misinformation it is involved in.
Until then there are thousands of kids suffering because the Catholic Church chooses to hide the truth. Those poor kids hurt in a way no child should.
olc
