Irish ex-priest and convicted sex offender receives $800 a month pension from Church

The question is, how can the Pope allow all this to go on unless, the Pope knows full well, there is nothing he can do about it because he is part of this mess. The Catholic Church (AKA the bishops) have committed so many crimes without punishment that the only way to stop all of it is for the Criminal Justice Department to start an investigation that could take 10 years to resolve.

A Bishop worth his salt would have lugged him by the gullet with his fist demanding an answer to these crimes.In place of a whimper to leave the priesthood. The Church is an enclave of sissies of the same ilk and cloth. Not a man among them. And mores the pity.

mungie99, Those thoughts crossed my mind too, when I saw the young boy in the background. Remember, these monstrous acts would vilify anybody. When performed by a priest, who people tend to trust, they are reprehensible & diabolical, to a quantitative degree! The Church still teaches that hitting one of these monsters is a "reserved sin"? I challenge anybody, the Pope, or even Jesus himself, on that doctrine!

Thats exactly what i thought,when i saw the child, he is a serial chid rapist! he makes my skin crawl he is vile.

church still gives up to scumbags church is finished should close doors

Is it just me, or isn't it odd that there is a young child playing in the area where the sexual predator is being interviewed? Hope he's registered and that the parents of that child are aware he's close by.

This is a disgrace, i watched that documentry and he is a total lunatic, he shouldnt be walking around the streets, let alone getting a pension.But the catholic church wont listen.

Sorry, I didn't put 1 Cor 5 & 6 for church discipline.

Blame Jesus. He set up the Catholic Church. Protestants set themselves up.

well said myriambom. Where's the Holy Spirit in picking Priests over the past 100 years? Now we have psychologist picking them. The Church is in big trouble. I'm a licensed counselor and know that the Holy Spirit is the best counselor. The Bible is the best psychology book, yet we (the Church) eliminates most of it with discipline, the Church, etc. Sorry I didn't use all the big words, (magisterium, ecclesiology, hierarchy, etc.) - Jesus was a simple, honest, teacher and St. Peter and St. Paul would have cleaned out the immoral (including all in leadership) a long time ago. If it wasn't for the secular media the abused would not have had a voice and we, The Body of Christ, would not know about this deadly cancer in our body! James 3:1; 1 Cor. 13:1-7

And they excommunicated a nun - for what: saving a mother's life? What hypocrites.

Hallelujah! That's one good thing of being a priest - he can do whatever he want - moral or immoral, and continue to be financially supported by the Church. Hey, Mom & Dad, why not send your sons to priesthood instead? They enjoy all benefits regular workers do. They get the bosses support and back-up if they mess up, they get compensated, all our from faithful's pocket. Poor little people (lay faithful).

Hey, Oliver Twisted was a member of a vested pension plan. He's entitled.

No wonder the Catholic Church is going down hill,, that is unbelieveable.