From the BBC:
Pope Benedict XVI has criticised US bishops for their handling of child sex scandals, saying their response to the crisis had sometimes been very poor.Bold is mine.
He laid part of the blame for the crisis, of which he feels "deeply ashamed", on a breakdown in US values.
WTF? Then he went on to say this:
What does it mean to speak of child protection when pornography and violence can be viewed in so many homes through media widely available today?
It is rare that I shake with anger, but this just takes the cake. The problem of pedophile priests is caused by the availability of porn and violence? It has nothing at all to do with:
1) pedophile priests themselves;
2) a church which, instead of defrocking them,sent them to other parishes unaware of their previous misdeeds;
3) a church which, instead of turning them over to law enforcement, protected them by hiding their illegal acts;
4) a man who specifically told bishops of his church to keep the accusations inside the church and not to cooperate with law enforcement.
I agree with Ed Brayton who says:
[F]uck you, you lying piece of shit...Fuck you, Benedict. It's your barbaric values that caused thousands of children to be molested, not ours.
And for your viewing pleasure, I present this:
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