Church under pressure for priests abuses of children

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With transit Ketu afflicting transit Jupiter, the indicator of organised religion, the Pope and the Catholic Church in Ireland are feeling the heat over decades old cases of child abuse by priests and the poor handling of the matter by the Church.

 

Pope slams Irish church, no Vatican blame in abuse

 

 

 

Associated Press – March 20, 2010 - 11 mins ago

 

DUBLIN – Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church failed Saturday to calm the anger of many victims, who accused the Vatican of ducking its own responsibility in promoting a worldwide culture of cover-up. Benedict's message — the product of weeks of consultation with Irish bishops, who read it aloud at Masses across this predominantly Catholic nation — rebuked Ireland's church leaders for "grave errors of judgment" in failing to observe the church's secretive canon laws. The pope, who himself stands accused of

approving the transfer of an accused priest for treatment rather than informing German police during his 1977-82 term as Munich archbishop, suggested that child-abusing priests could have been expelled quickly had Irish bishops applied the church's own laws correctly. He pledged a church inspection of unspecified dioceses and orders in Ireland to ensure their child-protection policies were effective. He also appealed to priests still harboring sins of child molestation to confess.

http://news./s/ap/20100320/ap_on_re_eu/eu_church_abuse_pope

 

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