Belgian police have been working to uncover information in sexual abuse cases committed by priests of the catholic church.
On June 24th raids were carried out on the home and office of an archbishop. The graves of two prelates were also included.
Pope Benedict called these raids "deplorable" and stated that the church had the right work alongside civil authorities. Included in his statement, on Sunday, was his solidarity with Belgian bishops.
They are investigating some 500 cases. That's five hundred cases!!!
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I keep hearing people defend the church and say that sexual abuse occurs in all churches but, the only stories I ever hear concerning sexual abuse comes from the catholic church, not Lutheran, not Baptist, not SDA, nor other churches.
I find it deplorable that the church seems to have done nothing concerning the plague that is sexual abuse, other than cover-up, move priest and bishops around, and condemn authorities for trying to protect people, especially children!
What is going on here? How can this church continue to do such things? Why on earth would Benedict be mad at authorities for trying to bring people to justice for their crimes? I'm sick of hearing about this and, I applaud authorities for standing up and doing their job. If the pope refuses to do anything about it, someone needs to.
As far as I'm concerned the church should have no authority in working alongside civilian authorities, since they themselves are a part of the problem. They condone the abuse by having done nothing about it. This has been going on for years and years. They are no longer innocent.
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