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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
Mr Angry i hear what your saying but sadly this has all been done in the US where despite them promising it being the start nothing much else has happened apart from the money slinging and the apologies. Am i baying for blood your damn right i am i cannot think of anything worse then institutionalised paedophilea and it's excuse and covering up so yes i want someone's backside in court and prosecuted to the fullest degree and not just the low end priests that commited those terrible offences but as i said the senior figures that allowed it and in some cases helped it to continue.
Personally i don't see that as asking too much or it being beyond what is reasonable given the situation and while my sympathys of course go to all those in Ireland who have suffered lets remember this has been a global problem where ever the catholic church has gone and needs to get sorted once and for all for everyone in the world not just Ireland. A victim is a victim regardless of geography and this church through it's inaction at best and conspiracy at worst have made far more victims then there needed to be someone has to answer for that.
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I appreciate that but from your posts it appears that you haven't actually read the letter or have overlooked the core context of same. It is clear from the letter that the Pope intends justice to be done.
This admission of guilt / complicity - no matter how you look at it - is an enormous step forward and offers new hope not only for past victims but the very real prospect of better protection for what might have become future victims.
Nobody has suggested that this systemic abuse is unique to Ireland / US. The US was addressed first and victims "bought off" with fiscal compensation. Admitting and addressing the abuse had to start somewhere and continue. Ireland (to all intents and purposes one of the most crucial of catholic countries from a Vatican perspective) has been selected for a good reason. The reaction of Irish catholics will shape how this is "rolled out".
As for the "money slinging and apologies" (of which there is no mention in his letter to Irish catholics) if that is what has you baying for blood then I respectfully suggest that your anger is misplaced. If this were to happen to one of my kids neither my nor their silence would be bought with cash and a softly whispered "sorry". There are some things money can't, and shouldn't be allowed to, buy.