Pope Benedict fails victims of Irish child sex abuse
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It seems to me as if Pope Benedict has squandered an opportunity to inspire Irish Catholics.
The pope today described the decades of child sex abuse in the Irish church as a "heinous crime," but failed to take action on calls for top bishops to resign.
Vatican spokesman, Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope "shares the outrage" over the abuse and said Benedict pope had "already expressed profound regret."
However, Lombardi said that the topic of resignations "was not addressed."
Lombardi also defended the pope's envoy in Ireland who refused to testify to Irish authorities about decades of cover-ups within the church hierarchy.
Is it me or does this signify an implicit contempt for Irish Catholics?
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jacersisityourself | Feb 17, 2010, 03:12 PM EST
'Tis you Kelly. You clearly have no understanding of what it takes and is being done to address the issue. I suspect you have a contempt for the church. The church has being changing through the centuries and will change again and will be still around long after you've forgotten to purge your contempt of a holy, catholic and apostolic church.
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ceciliag | Feb 16, 2010, 02:35 PM EST
So What Else Is New?
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