.....think before you start calling me bigoted! If you wish to enter into a flame war with me then do so over the PM system not in open forum!
LOL. Flame war? With you? You might want to check my post again to see if I actually called you bigoted.
...........and by the way...... bigoted against whom? Child molesters? You're damed f**cking right I am and I couldn't give a s**t where they come from or what colour of eclesiastical cloth they hide behind as they slide up childrens behinds.
Bigoted against the catholic church, obviously.
Due proccess complete........liability admitted end of story!?
You can cite all the commission report you want but until such allegations are PROVEN IN A COURT OF LAW, it doesn't mean s_h_i_t, now, does it?
What part of due process don't you understand, hmmm?
Ah.......unfortunately not because those bastards will probably never be brought to trial......
Which begs the question -- why the hell not?
Unless your commission unearthed a mountain of evidence all of which is inadmissible in a court of law, now, isn't it? What the hell is your commission for if not to establish FACTS PROVEABLE IN A COURT OF LAW, hmmmm?
And what makes this so tragic is that the Church knew all along that this was happening and acted as a quasi-state based upon the deference and esteem that the Irish people had for the Catholic Church, they knew that they could manipulate the Irish Government and its state organs in order to conceal the extent of abuse.......
Or, they merely acted in accordance with due process -- wait for a grand jury (or inquest, whatever is the case in ireland) and presumed the priest was innocent until proven guilty.
Why would you suppose this rule is applicable to everyone except priests, hmmmm?
And against all this the Vatican contended that it knew nothing.........
Well Numinus unfortunately I find it difficult to accept the gift of faith which you undoubtly have. Its the gift of faith in God and the reverence of those with faith in God that have been the source of this misery brough upon God's children. Children; those that the Bible and those of faith hold so dear abused by those who where supposed to protect them.
Let me point out that your point of view vacillates from one to another like a prostitute on a busy night.
You alternate between individual priest to the catholic church to the vatican authorities and back again. It makes no sense, when you think about it.
I repeat -- PROSECUTE THE INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE, AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTEMPTED TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.
Just don't let your opinion meander to the point of absurdity -- like your 'the church is trying to hide these crimes' nonsense.