Judge to sift evidence of Catholic church abuses
A retired judge has been given access to Catholic church records and been asked to make an audit of the situation concerning sexual abuses in the church, over seven decades and five dioceses.
Update: CTV says victims of priestly abuse are not happy with the procedure as victims will not be invited to participate and “the judge was selected by Archbishop Lepine is a friend of his and a very devout person” as one of the victims is quoted.
Chris 23:56 on 2019-03-27 Permalink
“given access to Catholic church records” -> voluntarily by the Church itself no less, not by court order.
The Catholic church really should just let priests have sex (with adults I mean!). Sure, it’s against doctrine, but they’ve been infinitely malleable in the past, they can again. Slavery was ok, now it isn’t. Death penalty was ok, now it isn’t. Limbo was dropped. Mass had to be Latin, no longer. extra Ecclesiam nulla salus? Gone. Fasting before communion got shorter and shorter. Fasting every Friday? Gone. etc.!!!
Just reinterpret the gobbledygook and flip flop on abstinence already!
Tim 09:01 on 2019-03-28 Permalink
@Chris: you think that pedophiles will stop having sex with kids just because their church says it’s OK to have sex with adults?
Chris 12:06 on 2019-03-29 Permalink
Tim: not in every instance, of course; but in some instances, yes, I think so.