Reply #5: Nothing has been done and nothing will be done. The Church long ago [View All]

[rhett o rick]

decided that it was necessary to elevate priests to a status above normal mankind. It is imperative to the Church that normal people seek God thru the priests and Church hierarchy.

To solve the child abuse problem, parents should be told that priests are not in fact above normal man and have the same failing as other men. When it comes to protecting children, priests should not be trusted anymore than a baseball coach or scout leader. This is impossible for the Church because the autocratic hierarchy of priest, cardinal, pope and God must be maintained. The Church decided that the child abuse is a necessary consequence of this power structure and should be hidden if at all possible.

The Church also is strongly fighting the compensation of the victims.

The only true solution is for parents to get a different faith.