The Pope's visit to the UK is causing headaches. Responding to questions submitted in advance on the way to Britain, the Pope said abusive priests should never have access to children and that they suffered from an illness that mere "goodwill" could not cure. He said he was shocked and felt "great sadness" that church authority had failed to be sufficiently vigilent to take the "necessary measures" to stop the abuse and prevent it.
But we've heard it all before and we know it's a lie. He and his predecessors had ample opportunity to stop the abuse but they chose not to. Instead they protected the priest by sending him somewhere else, knowing full well that he would continue his violent sexual acts on innocents. German Cardinal Kasper is one of the Vatican's most important advisers on the Church of England but at the last minute, the Pope was forced to travel without him. He made some comments that embarrassed the Pope - he said that an "aggressive aethism" was rife in Britain and that the UK is now a third world country. A spokesman for the Vatican explained that his absence was due to "health reasons".
Survivors of abuse at the hands of priests have turned out in force, angry that the Queen is welcoming the Pope while meetings with victims, not yet confirmed, are to be held in secret as happened in Australia and the US. People are fed up and angry that they are rolling out the red carpet for a seriously evil rape facilitator. "Pope Benedict XVI is the boss of a church that acts as a patron, protector and financier of child rape" said one writer.
I will never forget watching Cardinal Pell a few years ago, showing his support by walking side by side with a paedophile priest on his way to court, charged with raping little children. So many shattered lives ruined by the trusted, pious men of the Catholic Church.
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