Cork diocese in new collection to pay abuse costs

the only thing that I would give the church is the collection of indigestible food and bacteria that I flush away every day or so. Thinking of my best friend who has taken over a year since he realized he too was raped, to slowly come out of the closet and tell his story. It has messed up his life, he has been suicidal at times etc.

The Audacity of Pope.

"quote The Catholic Church forgives and forgets child abuse, they forgive the priest and forget the victim. End Quote Worse then this. They moved so many priests from place to place they ran out of places to hide some priests, who continued to molest and molest

lets remember that money is fungible - meaning that money can be taken for one cause while other money is taken from that cause snd used for something else. the only solution - bankrupt the whole rotten stinking church. There alsso is a move to have the international criminal court try Benedict. But scholars doubt anything will happen for various reasons including the statue of limitations. Here in the USA Chruch lawwyers have opposed extension of the statue of limitations, often successfully. what we need is a way to break down the many many separate corporations that the church operates. So that any funds from any part of the church can be taken to pay off victims no matter where they are. The church is just as guilty as the big corporations where its almost impossilbe to figure out who owns what. Break that game and we'll all be better off in many ways

unbelievable considering the wealth of the church.if THEY HAD ACTED IN A CORRECT MANNER REGOGNISING THE EVIL OF THESE B....... THEY WOULDNT BE IN THIS POSITION.BUT NO,THOUGH THE AGES THEY HAVE CONDONED HIDED MOVED THE THE PROBLEM ON,ANYTHING EXCEPT REGOGNISE IT, THERE SHOULD BE NO HIDING PLACE AND NO POSITION WITHIN THE CHURCH FOR SUCH AS THESE.

What a damned gaul, I think here was a similiar article sometime back. A comment from Trealach is nowhere to be found, no doubt in full agreeance but afraid he may put his foot in it.

The Catholic Church forgives and forgets child abuse, they forgive the priest and forget the victim.

It is up to the laity in the Diocese to let the Bishop and their Clergy know how strongly they feel about all that has happened. I would be the last one to tell anyone what to do; I know what I would do. If christ is truly with his church through this (as I believe) then this will play out in they way it was intended to do. If either the laity or clergy are unhappy with having this burden foisted upon them ANYWHERE, then they are bound to express that.

This is an opportunity for the laity to negotiate conditions for the bishop's "bailout." It's surely time for reform-minded Catholics to get some reforms put in place in the diocese and in their parishes. But just to pour money in with no assurance that there will not be new sexual abuse cases and more settlements seems to me to set a very dangerous precedent!

Something puzzles me about this report... it says the collections to be made every three months will be for covering day-to-day diocesan duties. Can I deduce from that then that all the other weekly collections, except for the annual Peter’s Pence collection for the Vatican’s running expenses, will be or are already being used to compensate victims of abuse? Then, if that’s the case, one would have to ask: what were all the usual weekly collections of all previous years used for if it takes only four collections a year to cover day-to-day running expenses? Or one could ask just how much are victims compensation schemes costing and how are the victims spending that money to recover from their horrors? Oh, I see Brolaur's comment below. How the victims spend their money is NONE OF MY BUSINESS. Yet, we are being asked to pay for it?

This is a private matter between The Church and its parishiners. I assume that those making comments are neither members of that community or indeed believers. This matter is NONE of THEIR BUSINESS.

It's like they're living in another universe, on the planet of Denial, they're so out of touch!

They have a neck like a jockey's Bo%%%x

I agree with SNAPspaner. There are bankers who put the value of Vatican Inc. at $12-$15 Billion. Let the Cork and Ross dioceses contact Rome for a bailout. I wouldn't put one cent on that collection plate!

Which organization came up with this approach first? The Cork Diocese or Pacific Gas & Electric in Northern Calif., which also finds repeated ways to bilk their customers for their deadly mistakes?