Vatican refuses to hand over files on accused pedophile priests

[Warren Stupidity]

The Vatican has refused to hand over the files of Australian priests accused of sex crimes to the child abuse royal commission.

The Vatican said the commission's request for documents on each allegation involving an Australian cleric was "neither possible nor appropriate".

Reasons included ongoing church investigations, and that internal working documents were the sovereign property of the Holy See.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/vatican-refuses-to-hand-over-files-on-accused-pedophile-priests-20140821-106zg5.html#ixzz3B3Py80Sv

[Htom Sirveaux]

1. Not acceptable.

When you're already in hot water over a cover-up, you don't prove that the problem is being fixed or that those "on-going church investigations" are worth anything by refusing to hand over documents. Especially in light of those revelations from Minneapolis that the Diocese wasn't following the official policy that was supposed to end the crisis, even though the archbishop of that diocese had created the policy himself!

[arcane1]

3. Imagine a day-care or a foster home saying "we'll do our own investigation"

[Warren Stupidity]

5. What they have to do is get a fascist dictator to set them up as a sovereign state.

Then the day-care center can play games just like this too.

[arcane1]

6. Exactly!

[arcane1]

2. Religion gets a free pass once again.

[pokerfan]

4. same old story

same old song and dance

[edhopper]

7. I find it interesting that

the most recent post on "Dawkins said something bad" has over 80 replies, and this post on the continued coverup of child rape by the worlds largest religious organization has 6. Also almost 800 views there to under 150 here.
Nice priorities.

[NeoGreen]

8. Remind me again, what is the definition of...

...Hypocrisy?

[MellowDem]

9. That's the strategy at play...

or maybe it's just that the bar for religious leaders is set so low, but for evolutionary biologists that are outspoken atheists, suddenly the bar is set much higher at what is or isn't offensive.

[MellowDem]

10. The Pope is kinda a dick...

Or maybe that's an understatement.

[edhopper]

11. And

We have a second post on the same exact Dawkins subject.
And already more replies than this.
Interesting?

[Act_of_Reparation]

12. Second verse...

... same as the first.

A certain Tim Minchin song comes to mind.