That seems to be the message by Pope Rat-whateverhisnameis. The biggest hat in this thoroughly tainted outfit now says only the Roman Catholic church is a real, Christian church. Now, if he was speaking about the Southern Baptist Convention well then, maybe, but he means everybody.
Apparently the transgression of all other Christian faiths, in RatPope's view, is their failure to recognize the primacy of - why HIM. Didn't we already have this out - centuries ago?
No your Popeness, you're not infallible and you're about as plugged in to Jesus as Peter Popoff says he is. What have you got to gloat over? Child molestation? No that can't be it. Oh, I know - you got Conrad Black to convert! Good on ya.
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His next move well be to probably have an some sort of a papal conference on how to shut the children up rather than deal with the rampant pedophilia. (As seen on South Park)
This guy sure is worth keeping a close eye on, Jay.
Enna says........When in South Korea, it isn't difficult to understand the tactics of the Roman Catholic Church. Koreans say this...."there are three main religions. One of them being a way of life that is "Buddhism" and is not a religion. The other two are Christains and Roman Catholic. There is a distinct separation between them. Roman Catholics are 3% of population. For the most part, married Roman Catholics in South Korea have only two children. The most appauling part is that the Roman Catholic Church turns a blind eye to the two child policy. When a couple marry the woman is usually pregnant right away. If the first child is a girl that is acceptable but if the second is a girl they abort until they are blessed with a boy. What does that say about the Roman Catholic Church's policy on birth control. The Roman Catholic Church is a group of people who wish for world dominance as they once had. They have more skelitons in the closet than any other organization that has ever been.
The Apostle James was the first Bishop.
In addition... I grew up with this prist (article flowing) although not Roman Catholic. My father caught him teaching a group of boys how to dynamite a salmon river. In Newfoundland the only way of fishing on a river is through dry fly fishing. The story went that "Father Kevin Bennett" had an obession about my father being the local Federal Department of Fisheries Officer and a Protestant. My father, who thought what will I do in this instance went to see the local Bishop. The Bishop had Father Kevin Bennett removed and sent to another seat. After the atrosities came to light, my father felt very guilty for having not charged him under the Fishieries Act.
There is also another issue related to this incidence: The courts need to address the Roman Catholic Church in Roman regarding these cases. They should not be allowed to get away with the Dioces having to sell the properties and it left up to the parishioners to buy them back. The Roman Catholic Church in Rome is getting away with addressing their responsibility to humanity. The article follows next.
Diocese to sell churches to pay abuse victims
Updated Tue. May. 10 2005 8:31 AM ET
Canadian Press
ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. -- A 16-year court battle for compensation that included a trip to the country's highest court will end soon for 39 victims of a pedophile priest.
The Catholic Diocese of St. George's says it will sell all of its churches and missions to come up with $13 million for the victims of Father Kevin Bennett.
"Everything," Bishop Douglas Crosby said Monday from the diocesan headquarters in Corner Brook, Nfld. "All of the churches, all of the parish houses, all the missions."
The sale will include about 150 properties stretching from Port aux Basques to St. Anthony in western Newfoundland.
Greg Stack, the lawyer for 37 of 39 boys abused by Bennett, said they will accept the offer when an official vote takes place May 25.
"The amount of the settlement is almost secondary," Stack said. "It's been 16 years since this court action was started. I mean, they're just happy that it's over."
If all goes according to plan, victims could receive funds by late June or early July.
Bennett was convicted in 1990 of hundreds of sexual assaults over three decades as a priest on the west coast of the island.
From 1961 until 1989, Bennett used liquor, money and threats to coerce his victims and keep them quiet.
He served four years of a nearly 20-year prison sentence for his crimes and now lives on a family property near Port au Port, Nfld., on a church pension.
"These are the things that gall a lot of the victims," Stack said.
The case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, which upheld lower court rulings against the diocese in March 2004.
But the high court did not rule on the liability of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, saying there was not enough evidence.
Earlier this year, St. George's became the first Catholic diocese in Canada to seek bankruptcy protection as a result of sexual abuse claims.
The accounting firm Ernst and Young was then brought in to review finances and come up with a settlement proposal.
Faced with $50 million in claims, the only alternative was outright bankruptcy, Crosby said.
Other church organizations have been bankrupted by abuse claims, including the Christian Brothers of Canada and the Anglican diocese of Cariboo, in British Columbia.
Some of the 32,000 Catholic parishioners in western Newfoundland are upset about the sale, Crosby said.
"Others are grateful that something is being done to resolve this problem that has been a heavy burden on the diocese for a long time, and not only for the diocese but for the victims as well," he said.
The organization is appealing to parishioners for funds to buy back core properties when they go on sale in the coming months.
"What we're hoping is we can save, or repurchase, one-third of them," Crosby said.
The diocese will have to put all of its current savings and investments toward the $13-million settlement along with the properties.
It's unclear whether insurers will cover some of the settlement costs.
Stack blames the organization for drawing out the case.
"With this diocese there was no attempt to settle, there was no bargaining. They just litigated this thing all the way, right to the Supreme Court of Canada," he said.
"They've been victimized by Kevin Bennett sexually as kids, and they've been victimized as adults by the Catholic Church, by what the diocese did to them."
Newfoundland has been rocked by church abuse scandals, including the sexual and physical abuse of boys by Christian Brothers at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's.
Stack's law firm has about 30 other cases pending involving six other priests.
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