Reply #35: Only Those Who Are Guilty, And Those Who Helped Them Should Be Punished [View All]

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Those responsible for committing the acts and the church authorities who permitted it to go on for so long are the ones who are nefarious and evil and should be punished.

But, as the old saying goes "those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". While the pedophile and now a sex scandal have yet to be cleared up, some Bishops in this country are calling for those who support a pro-choice agenda to be denied communion, a RC lawyer is trying to bring heresy charges against John Kerry, but not against all
RC who believe in the same thing. It's confusing, and shows hypocrisy
at the least.

I'm a former Catholic, I left the church for personal reasons, and after meeting my wife joined the Episcopalian Church.

The church should first of strip all priests that have been convicted of child molestation of their offices, and excommunicate them for what they did. Then all those in positions of authority who assisted them should be removed from the priesthood, and all of the parents that did nothing after finding out, they should be punished by the church and if possible by law enforcement as well, for neglect.

We should not paint the entire church with that broad brush that was mentioned, but those in the laity need to make sure that those who did commit these crimes are punished within the fullest extent of both church and secular law. Why the laity you ask, because history has shown that the church authorities don't seem to be able to do the job required of them.