Comments on: NSAC Says Irish Bishops Christmas Resignations Small but Necessary Stirrings of Taking of Responsibility http://reform-network.net/?p=2463 Supporting survivors of clergy sexual abuse and examining the cover up, causes, and effects of that abuse Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:01:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zandra Castronova http://reform-network.net/?p=2463&cpage=1#comment-12043 Zandra Castronova Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:18:34 +0000 http://reform-network.net/?p=2463#comment-12043 I have been visiting this site a lot lately, so I thought it is a good idea to show my appreciation with a comment. I have been visiting this site a lot lately, so I thought it is a good idea to show my appreciation with a comment.

]]> By: Debby Bodkin http://reform-network.net/?p=2463&cpage=1#comment-11262 Debby Bodkin Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:27:08 +0000 http://reform-network.net/?p=2463#comment-11262 Based on the ENABLING of sex crimes committed against children and adults, Irish Bishops made decisions to resign their positions in the Catholic Church--thank you! Catholic children and adults in Ireland have now moved one step closer to finding much needed truth, justice and peace. Tragically, in the United States, the greatest and most generous country in the world, Catholic Cardinals and Bishops have continued to justify their role in the clergy sex abuse crisis by retaining politically-connected attorneys to plead freedom of religion and separation of Church and State in criminal and civil courts of law. Any moral and decent human being understands that freedom of religion privilege is not a free pass to sexually abuse anyone and never will be. Our children in the world continue to observe each and every decision made by individuals trying to justify and/or deny the wrongs revealed since the clergy sex abuse crisis erupted in 2001. What happens? The Church's attorneys get richer..... the truths (sex crimes) remain dirty secrets in sealed Church files... the legal battles continue in U.S. courts.... and the civil rights of unsuspecting children, adults and the faithful in the pews are denied--all in the name of God. Does anyone truly believe decisions made by the Vatican, the U.S. Church and its attorneys, in defense of business practices that have enabled sex abuse crimes against children and adults for decades, are strokes of genius or God's plan for the Church? Without justice, there will never be peace. Without peace, faith and our country's laws are empty. Based on the ENABLING of sex crimes committed against children and adults, Irish Bishops made decisions to resign their positions in the Catholic Church–thank you! Catholic children and adults in Ireland have now moved one step closer to finding much needed truth, justice and peace. Tragically, in the United States, the greatest and most generous country in the world, Catholic Cardinals and Bishops have continued to justify their role in the clergy sex abuse crisis by retaining politically-connected attorneys to plead freedom of religion and separation of Church and State in criminal and civil courts of law.

Any moral and decent human being understands that freedom of religion privilege is not a free pass to sexually abuse anyone and never will be. Our children in the world continue to observe each and every decision made by individuals trying to justify and/or deny the wrongs revealed since the clergy sex abuse crisis erupted in 2001. What happens? The Church’s attorneys get richer….. the truths (sex crimes) remain dirty secrets in sealed Church files… the legal battles continue in U.S. courts…. and the civil rights of unsuspecting children, adults and the faithful in the pews are denied–all in the name of God.

Does anyone truly believe decisions made by the Vatican, the U.S. Church and its attorneys, in defense of business practices that have enabled sex abuse crimes against children and adults for decades, are strokes of genius or God’s plan for the Church?

Without justice, there will never be peace. Without peace, faith and our country’s laws are empty.

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