New reports finds Vatican abetted cover-up of child rape scandal in Ireland

[Bluebear]

The Vatican played a key role in Ireland's child rape scandal according to a new report from the Irish government. From the Irish Times:

The Vatican was “entirely unhelpful” to any bishop who wanted to implement procedures for dealing with allegations of child sexual abuse in the Irish Catholic Church, a report has found.

The Commission of Investigation Report into the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne states that a decision by the Vatican to brand a framework document on child sexual abuse, agreed by the Irish Bishops Conference in 1996, as “not an official document” effectively gave individual Irish bishops “the freedom to ignore” the guidelines.

The Vatican response “can only be described as unsupportive especially in relation to the civil authorities,” the commission said in its 341 page report.

More from the New York Times:

Ireland’s minister for children, Frances Fitzgerald, said that the report indicated that the Vatican’s “sole concern was the protection of the institution — not the children.”

The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said on Wednesday that the Vatican had no comment on the Cloyne report.

http://gay.americablog.com/2011/07/vatican-abetted-cover-up-of-child-rape.html

[Warpy]

1. Mercy me, what a shock.

Maybe the Irish will get fed up enough to stop allowing Rome to make a lot of their civil law.

[Hydra]

2. Hope springs eternal

But I consider it bad precedent that even this is tolerated by the faithful, either by denial, or by the "bad apples" argument.

What do you do when the bad apples are at the top, too?

[Bluebear]

5. 'What do you do when the bad apples are at the top, too?'

Indeed.

[CarmanK]

3. NO SURPRISE! They needed to protect Church property!!

Of course, that is the denial of the basic christian duty to "serve" and love one's neighbor. The Church is made up of male egos that take on the mantle of 'would be kings". The hierarchy is a state of imperialism and often unfettered power to the bishops who then misuse that power for ego. God gave us the 10 commandments, no where is there a passage that makes property more important than the human soul. The Church like other institutions with men at the helm, just failed to do its job. I know some priests that are absolutely phenom, they too are betrayed by a hierarchy that turns a blind eye to abuse of children. It is a good thing that FAITH is not rooted in humanity, there would be no salvation.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. Which is why I ignore their butting in on gay marriage or abortion

I don't consider the opinions of criminals who conspire to cover up child molestation worthy.