Over 300 victims of sexual
transgressions, no, crimes, assembled in the Austrian Parliament to
speak of their ordeals suffered in Catholic and State-run
institutions.
The reasons why particularly in
Catholic youth homes such sexual abuse was rampant is really hardly
debatable.
If men and women, to whom normal sexual
activity is prohibited, are placed in charge of young, vulnerable,
defenseless people, such crimes are almost programmed and must
happen.
Pope Benedict XVI, issued a directive
that such criminal activities, when discovered, are not to be
reported to the civilian authorities ( Police ) but are to be dealt
with within the administration of the Church.
Fortunately the current Pope, Franciscus, seems to have reversed these instructions.
The Austrian Cardinal Christoph
Schönborn was present at this gathering and said: “I stand here as
the representative of an Institution with which you connect the worst
memories.”
What Priests and Nuns have perpetrated
is almost impossible for him to imagine, and, “instead of
dismissing them from their positions of power over the innocent and
powerless, we simply transferred them.” ( to other similar
institutions where they continued their nefarious criminal
activities. ) Bracketed are my additional comments.
The Cardinal after listening to to the
stories of many of the assembled victims offered his apologies and
those of his Church.
Apologies are cheap.
They are also totally useless, when
nothing has changed fundamentally in this organization and sexually
frustrated individuals, men and women, are given free reign to
satisfy their pedophillic bent.
One of the world's richest
institutions, the Catholic Church, should have to pay considerable
sums to all victims of this abuse.
Bertstravels
suggests: 10 Millions each.
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