Vatican urges "prudence" when reading Wikileaked cables about suppression of sex abuse complaints

[Bluebear]

The Holy See's press office Saturday urged the public to read the latest Vatican-related diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks with "great prudence," claiming the allegations cited in the documents reflect only the view of their writers.

Without going into specifics on a number of allegations that emerged with the U.S. cables, the Holy See Press Office said that the reports "reflect the perceptions and opinions of the people who wrote them and cannot be considered as expressions of the Holy See itself."

"Their reliability must, then, be evaluated carefully and with great prudence, bearing this circumstance in mind," the statement said.

Among the documents were cables showing that relations between the Vatican and Ireland deteriorated sharply as the Holy See appeared to ignore a commission looking into complaints of physical and sexual abuse of children by Irish priests.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/11/wikileaks.vatican.ireland/?hpt=T2

[Angry Dragon]

1. They were 100% fact filled

[undeterred]

2. He frightens me.

[SpiralHawk]

23. Be...cause he is truly frightening - He's got Republicon Family Values up the wazoo

so anyone with real ethics or morality should be frightened.

[JackRiddler]

3. Schadenfreude alert.

[fascisthunter]

4. sick frauds

[AndyTiedye]

15. I Knew Something Funny Was Up with the Papal Election When They Said Yellow Smoke Came Out

[Bluebear]

17. !!

:spray:

[htuttle]

5. Fucking christ, he looks like Emperor Palpatine!

:rofl:

[BulletproofLandshark]

7. There's a good reason for that...

[lunatica]

8. My first thought too. And it's Palpatine on a particularly bad day!

LOL!

[Volaris]

25. For some reason,

I always thought that Senator Palpatine looked a lot like Senator Lieberman...

[meow mix]

27. lol

:rofl:

[polichick]

6. How can anyone take direction from these con men?! nt

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Just look at that picture

and tell me it's not evil personified. Look into the eyes. Look at the predatory hands.

Aaaaaaaaaack!

[Pisces]

10. I'll use prudence, the prudence to stay the fuck away from the pedophiles!!

The Pope and the Catholic church are relics of a bygone era. They no longer have the power to frighten or intimidate people. God does not exist through them but away from them. They are scared old
men who know they have lost the moral high ground and they will never recover.

[tblue37]

11. BOOGA BOOGA!!!!

(That caption seems called for, don't you think?)

[Hepburn]

12. Fox...hen house...

...what more can one day? :shrug:

[marmar]

13. Caught with their pants down.....pun intended.

nt

[John Q. Citizen]

14. 'wouldn't be prudent....'

[SpiralHawk]

24. That's what Poppy 'Skull & Boner' Bush used to say all the time...

ewwwwwwww on Republicon & Papal occultism

[Webster Green]

16. What a creepy looking fucker.

Glad I bailed out from that crap at the age of reason. :scared:

[shanti]

18. prudence...

put your fingers in your ears and say lalalalalalala! yeah, that's the ticket. :eyes:

[LAGC]

19. Looks like someone is thinking ahead, trying to downplay this...

Can't wait to see the leaks!

:popcorn:

[Matariki]

20. That guy takes the most demonic looking photos.

Seriously. There's just no light there, just real creepiness. Compare his photo to the Dalai Lama's for instance.

[tomm2thumbs]

21. sometimes you can almost see the horns

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dYW3cDWS9oM/Sx3Eu7pVPZI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/HiAFOr0Sm9o/s400/pope+horns.jpg

[Warren DeMontague]

22. "Your friends on the century moon... are walking into a trap"

Seriously. You can practically see the fucking force lightning coming out of those fingers.

[masmdu]

26. just saying...

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