Child abuse monster Father Brendan Smyth ruined my life

JohnB4sanity,I think it is difficult to predict what effect the Pope's letter will have,but unfortunately I think whatever he writes he won't please everyone.There's nothing new in that I suppose,but writing to the people of Ireland was something he had to do,so we'll just have to take it as it comes.It is reported that the Pope is about to sign off on a new document which will combat the problem of abuse in the Church & severely punish those guilty of abuse.There was also a report in Ireland,though it was good news so it didn't make the headlines,that most of the dioceses are now in fact MORE than compliant with child protection procedures.In fact one diocese,which was notorious for abuse,Ferns,is now being held up as a model on child protection both for the Church and secular organisations.No amount of money will erase the suffering of victims,but the question that they and everyone else wants to have answered is "can we stop this happening again".I think we are finally on the way to being able to answer this in the affirmative.

The conversation around the world has changed. some examples are in previous and below ...... Otherwise America will be seen as a rogue nation of religious abusers with a whole segment of the population determined to erase from the memory of the population the sexual abuses, murder, genocide, exploitation and bullying of humanity. "I do not want to be a war correspondent" said Ms *******. "That is the fate that history dictates on each and every occasion the church has reached a point of control in a country there has been bloodshed." If the world considered that the climate was a greater issue and that the finances that are in trouble after centuries of cover up of criminal activities right across the country by Catholics and their clergy was not an issue then I figure I should go back to NASA or take up a role in a movie as a little old lady so that I get to enjoy the year or two we have left before the radical Christians decide that it is necessary to start killing those that speak out as it is no longer possible for them to ignore the evidence and the voices of the millions of abused at the hands of the Catholic and other churches and religions. ..... It has been mooted in Ireland that the church should cash in its entire assets including the Vatican and return it all through the victims. The church if it is really any good will rise up from the ashes and rebuild itself as only a real religion can. Otherwise the Catholic church will simply be another failed religion that could not cope with progress, science, evolution, sex and anything that it teaches becomes suspect as these can have only have been used to keep secret and quiet the sexual and other abuses of women and children and the vulnerable simply for the sake of their ability to exploit them. The move is up to the church to do in response to the horrors in Ireland and most believe that the Pope will fail with his letter to Ireland What then?

John,the Catholic Church's teaching has not changed in 2000 years and its teaching on homosexuality is freely available in the Catechism of the Catholic Church,if you want to find out what the Church REALLY teaches.It teaches that,like everyone else,such persons are to be treated with dignity & respect-a teaching of love the sinner,hate the sin,which is infinitely more compassionate than one would find in many other denominations.Also the Catholic Church is no more a worldwide ring of paedophiles than the education system,the medical system,the world of sport,other Christian denominations-the point is that paedophiles are DECEPTIVE and will seek out situations where they can be alone with & abuse children,Catholic Church or no Catholic Church.

All I could do while reading the story is weep for the McConigle sisters, brother, grandmother and the entire family! Smyth had the routine down all right! There are countless stories out there of priests using their position and influence to prey on family members...They insinuate their way into the the fabric of their lives. I got the chills reading about how Smyth gained entry to the family by playing their poor innocent grandmother who probably didn't suffers fools gladly in any other area of her life.

Ever notice that The Pope demonizes LGBT people as the boogie man when pedophilia scandals reach the surface? The RC Church is a world wide ring of pedophiles and enablers. Sinead O'Connor was right- FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY.