confidential Vatican document calls for absolute secrecy on sexual abuse

[moobu2]

a confidential Vatican document, written in 1962, that lays out a church policy on sexual abuse by priests. The document calls for absolute secrecy when it comes to these cases, warning that anyone who speaks out could be thrown out of the church.

It was the official position of the Vatican to cover pedophilia up at any cost and of coarse we all know what that evil policy caused..

English translation (.PDF)

[ladjf]

1. Sounds a lot like the Bush administration.

[trotsky]

2. And people get angry at me when I don't feel sympathy for the pope dying.

Go figure.

[truebrit71]

3. Does it matter that he wasn't Pope in 1962..

:eyes:

[Walt Starr]

5. When did he become a Cardinal

Was he a Bishop in 1962?

Just some interesting things to take into consideration.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. It matters because he continued to uphold this horrid, evil policy

and continued to cover up for pedophile priests.

By turning a blind eye to the sin and corruption within the church, JP made himself as bad as the rest of them. I don't care that we've all been convinced that JP was such a sweet little old man, don't let the cute smile fool you. He was as bad as the rest of them.

The only thing I fear is that the next pope will be worse, much worse.

[Zynx]

7. Small detail.

;-)

[beam me up scottie]

8. Probably not,

considering THIS pope gave cardinal law a cushy job at the vatican instead of leaving him in Boston to face charges.
:eyes:

[trotsky]

12. No, but it does matter that he didn't do anything about it.

:eyes:

[DiverDave]

10. You too??

I really am sickened by this whole charade...
Lets see, they pick the pope not based on how good or holy he is, but by pure church politics.
THEY say it is GOD that picks the pope, when, you know, it's just a bunch of guys that wear dresses.
So, if I got this right, THEY think that they are god.

And ,oh yeah, I was abused when I was a boy and I have 1 thing to say to these pedophile enabler bastards...FUCK YOU!
Fucking bunch of scammers.
Bunch of freaks, if you ask me.

[beam me up scottie]

11. DD you have more right to comment

on this spectacle than just about everyone else on this board.
I dare anyone to tell you to shut up.
:mad:

[trotsky]

16. You of all people should be heard on this.

I'm sorry what you had to go through, and sorry too that the largest religious organization in the world didn't care.

[Walt Starr]

4. The font is all wrong for a 1962 document. Looks like a Word doc.

:sarcasm:

:evilgrin:

[beam me up scottie]

9. I thought about that too!

as soon as I saw cbs.

[ClintonTyree]

13. Where are the "Swift Pope Veterans for Truth"?

They need to nip this in the bud! Nip it, NIP IT!

[mmonk]

15. Yes, it is CBS

Any bloggers working on this yet?

[moobu2]

17. That DOC. is an English translation from Latin, it isn't the original

and it is hosted by CBS but I've seen it on other sites including a Catholic one.

This is a link to the official church DOC in Latin, official Latin version (PDF)

[Warpy]

14. Yes, one of JPII's predecessors

issuing an edict saying that any churchman who turned one of these pedophile priests over to the law would face excommunication.

They actively covered up the systematic abuse of children.

[trotsky]

18. Kick

This needs a kick to remind people it's not all sunshine & rainbows with the Catholic Church.