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in Germany? I've tried to find a thread on the subject, but failed to locate one. The headline in my local newspaper (Wisconsin) reads:
"Vatican sees campaign against Pope Benedict"
I've read the background concerning his brother's involvement, or lack thereof if believed, in regards to covering up abuse and even engaging in corporal punishment. Monsignor Charles J. Scicluna, director of a tribunal inside the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith is quote as saying:
"We can say that about 60% of the cases chiefly involved sexual attraction towards adolescents of the same sex, another 30% involved heterosexual relations, and the remaining 10% were cases of pedophilia in the true sense of the term; that is, based on sexual attraction towards prepubescent children"
He goes on to say that the Vatican received about 3,000 total accusations of abuse by priests of minors in the past decade, 80% of them from the United States.
In regards to the 60% of adolescent abuse cases, they were not brought to trial due to the advanced age of the accused.
In the U.S. we've been contemplating this for the better part of 2 decades now, but if what I read in my paper is correct, Europe is just now confronting this issue with the Catholic church. Is that true? If so, why?
About the assertion that 80% of accusations come the U.S....Is the Vatican trying to insinuate something tawdry about American priests, or is this a function of Americans having less reverence for Church leaders? Had this been portrayed in Europe as a uniquely American problem up until now?
In the U.S., the advanced age of an adolescent would never fly as a mitigating factor for sexual abuse by a priest, at least not in the court of "public opinion". Admittedly, Americans are still quite puritanical in our views on all things sexual...how is it being viewed there?
I'd love to get an unfiltered opinion.
"Vatican sees campaign against Pope Benedict"
I've read the background concerning his brother's involvement, or lack thereof if believed, in regards to covering up abuse and even engaging in corporal punishment. Monsignor Charles J. Scicluna, director of a tribunal inside the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith is quote as saying:
"We can say that about 60% of the cases chiefly involved sexual attraction towards adolescents of the same sex, another 30% involved heterosexual relations, and the remaining 10% were cases of pedophilia in the true sense of the term; that is, based on sexual attraction towards prepubescent children"
He goes on to say that the Vatican received about 3,000 total accusations of abuse by priests of minors in the past decade, 80% of them from the United States.
In regards to the 60% of adolescent abuse cases, they were not brought to trial due to the advanced age of the accused.
In the U.S. we've been contemplating this for the better part of 2 decades now, but if what I read in my paper is correct, Europe is just now confronting this issue with the Catholic church. Is that true? If so, why?
About the assertion that 80% of accusations come the U.S....Is the Vatican trying to insinuate something tawdry about American priests, or is this a function of Americans having less reverence for Church leaders? Had this been portrayed in Europe as a uniquely American problem up until now?
In the U.S., the advanced age of an adolescent would never fly as a mitigating factor for sexual abuse by a priest, at least not in the court of "public opinion". Admittedly, Americans are still quite puritanical in our views on all things sexual...how is it being viewed there?
I'd love to get an unfiltered opinion.