I was listening to talk radio on Wednesday trying to find a topic to discuss on my blog for this week. This is one of the topics that came up, and I am really glad that it did because too many people in the religious community play it down. So, the story goes that awhile back Cardinal Mahony admitted to helping out priests that were getting caught molesting people. What would happen is that people would get suspicious or catch them, and then he would simply transfer them to a different area so they could continue to practice.
This past Monday, according to the radio, Cardinal Mahony announced that this past summer, he was badly beaten by someone that was upset with him for all the priests that he was letting get away with molesting. The reason why no one knew is because he decided not to press charges because he wanted to just, "forgive them." Let’s be honest. He did not want the publicity and for the whole priest thing to come back up.
This is basically why they were talking about this on the radio (Larry Elder, 790 KABC, 3-6 pm Weekdays---GREATEST radio show). I had forgotten about this whole priest ordeal so I was really upset by it. What made me even angrier was when some poor man called in and said that he had been molested as a kid.
He said that this was the first time that he had talked about it and that not even his family knew. What made it even worse was that the priest that had done it to him 20 years ago was still practicing. I am a Christian, but this is horrible. What are we supposed to do when the holy people we are supposed to look for guidance, are being found to be molesters?
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Wow. This whole ordeal is obviously such a big issue in the Catholic Church. Seeing as how I'm a practicing Catholic, I hear about this alot. We actually had a priest at my church who was accused of molesting young boys at a different church and then he left shortly after. This is such a scandal and an issue. Unfortunately, the only thing to really do is to try and prevent it from happening and to let people be aware. Unfortunately, Mahoney isn't helping with either of this issue.
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