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Priest calls for pope's resignation

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Priest calls for pope's resignation - CNN.com link to video and story

Priest calls for pope's resignation

Is this a brave priest who is putting his "career" on the line? Or is this a foolish man ? Will this priest find himself sent to Antartica to organize penguins for a nunery as his punishment ?

"East Longmeadow, Massachusetts (CNN) -- The phones are ringing off the hook at the parish of St. Michael's Church, where the Rev. James Scahill called in a sermon last weekend for the pope to resign over the church's sexual abuse scandal."

and this slam bamm " "If he can't take the consequences of being truthful on this matter, his integrity should lead him, for the good of the church, to step down and to have the conclave of cardinals elect a pope with the understanding that the elected pope would be willing to take on this issue, not just in promise," Scahill said"
 
Bull**** story about a bull**** priest. He's finished. No one makes the pope resign except God.
 
Bull**** story about a bull**** priest. He's finished. No one makes the pope resign except God.

HA HA HA HA HA !!! So you have some proof that the story is not real ?? Put up or _______ up !! As far as the carrer path of el Padre!! well I already told you he will be counting penguins !!!!

So God did this :
Resigned And Removed: Looking At Papal History : NPR
"Resigned And Removed: Looking At Papal History"
by John O'Malley
"In the long history of the Roman Catholic Church there are two clear, uncontested instances of popes resigning — but that's only the beginning of the story for popes who have been removed prematurely.Though papal lineage can be traced all the way back to St. Peter, the first pope, succession hasn't always been so cut and dried. From contested legitimacy to full schisms, the history of the pontiff walks, at times, a winding road."

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Papal Resignations

The first pope to resign without question or qualification was Pietro del Morrone, known as Pope Celestine V. He was elected at the age of 85 on July 5, 1296, as the result of a deadlock in a conclave that had already lasted over two years. Until his election Pietro had lived the life of a hermit in central Italy. It was his reputation for holiness that caused the cardinals to turn to him, once it became clear that no cardinal in the conclave could win a majority of votes. 

Unfortunately, the new pope had no experience in the complex world of the papacy and barely understood Latin. It soon became clear to everybody, including himself, that he could not carry on. He resigned on Dec. 13, 1296, only six months after his election. Although Dante in his Divine Comedy put him in hell for dereliction of duty, he was canonized in 1313. 

The second case was Angelo Correr, known as Gregory XII, who resigned in 1415 under pressure from the Council of Constance, a conference of bishops gathered to settle problems in church practices. At this particular meeting the bishops faced The Western Schism. Papal elections were often contested during the Middle Ages, but they were usually settled in a short time. During this schism, complications worsened and resulted in three men claiming a place as pope. 

Once the council met it decided that the only solution to the schism — which had lasted 40 years at this point — was to wipe the slate clean and begin all over again with a new pope. Although the council persuaded Gregory to resign, the other two claimants refused and were formally deposed. The council elected a new pope, Martin V, who was universally accepted.
 
New reports reveal Pope?s oversight role in sexual abuse of children | FSRN - Free Speech Radio News
Pope Benedict, who was head of the Vatican's office on sex abuse cases in the 1990s, did not act to investigate a priest who is believed to have molested 200 children between 1950-1974 at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin.

This one case alone makes the Pope an accessory to child molestation before and after the fact in every case that followed his first knowledge where he failed to act in the interest of the children.

Author, investigator and, documentary producer Jason Berry recently noted that a good portion of Catholic Priests are gay and that it is known within the Church at one level or the other and it seems to me it's a lot like don't ask don't tell and so nothing is ever done about it.

Priests, Ministers, Rabbis, and school teachers, who are know to homosexual should never be left alone with children for any reason because of the possibility of molestations.

Rev. James Scahill has taken a bold and brave position and is to be commended for it.

Celibacy is one of the reasons for these cases but it starts with a basic mental deficiency with the molester, and it can be very hard to spot unless a victim comes forth. However when a victim does speak up swift decisive and severe action needs to be taken.

Former Priest and KGO radio talk show host Berny Ward was accused of molesting children before he left the Priesthood and got married but was still later convicted of child pron so it doesn't seem to go away with time.
 
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New reports reveal Pope?s oversight role in sexual abuse of children | FSRN - Free Speech Radio News


This one case alone makes the Pope an accessory to child molestation before and after the fact in every case that followed his first knowledge where he failed to act in the interest of the children.

Author, investigator and, documentary producer recently noted that a good portion of Catholic Priests are gay and that it is known within the Church at one level or the other and it seems to me it's a lot like don't ask don't tell and so nothing is ever done about it.

Priests, Ministers, Rabbis, and school teachers, who are know to homosexual should never be left alone with children for any reason because of the possibility of molestations.

Rev. James Scahill has taken a bold and brave position and is to be commended for it.

Celibacy is one of the reasons for these cases but it starts with a basic mental deficiency with the molester, and it can be very hard to spot unless a victim comes forth. However when a victim does speak up swift decisive and severe action needs to be taken.

Former Priest and KGO radio talk show host Berny Ward was accused of molesting children before he left the Priesthood and got married but was still later convicted of child pron so it doesn't seem to go away with time.

I am not YET ready to say that the Pope should resign but I will say that he as all of the BIG HATS obviiously knew that there was evil going on and all that was done was to play schuffle board with the pervert priests.

The Pope like all BIG HATS failed !!!!

If the Pope needs to fall on his sword then all BIG HATS down to to Bishop need to. But that would not be practical would it ?????
 
I commend this priest for speaking up. The pope should resign.
 
Disgusting perverted religion.
 
The pope should resign. And even if he didn't, I just don't get how the catholic church could possibly keep digging themselves into a hole. They need to come on and admit it all. That way they can have forgiveness, but I guess its do as I say, not as I do.
 
The pope should resign. And even if he didn't, I just don't get how the catholic church could possibly keep digging themselves into a hole. They need to come on and admit it all. That way they can have forgiveness, but I guess its do as I say, not as I do.

Here is a story about the global view

Predator priests shuffled around globe
Victim: Transfer of abusive clerics was called ‘the geographical cure’

Predator priests shuffled around globe - World Faith- msnbc.com

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By ALESSANDRA RIZZO, BRADLEY BROOKS

updated 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - There he was, five decades later, the priest who had raped Joe Callander in Massachusetts. The photo in the Roman Catholic newsletter showed him with a smile across his wrinkled face, near-naked Amazon Indian children in his arms and at his feet.

his is damning "In an investigation spanning 21 countries across six continents, The Associated Press found 30 cases of priests accused of abuse who were transferred or moved abroad. Some escaped police investigations. Many had access to children in another country, and some abused again."
 
Disgusting perverted religion.

You have a right to your opinion just as you have a right to be wrong and you are very adept at the later.

Let's be serious it is not the religion but the workers (priests) and really a portion of priests and only those who are the perverts. If a Rabbi molests a Jewish child those that make Judism a "perverted religion". When a Babtist minister bangs boys at a bible camp those that invalidate the entire Babtist reliogion ? Is a Muslin does blah blah blah __________________________ fill in the blanks!!!!
 
You have a right to your opinion just as you have a right to be wrong and you are very adept at the later.

Let's be serious it is not the religion but the workers (priests) and really a portion of priests and only those who are the perverts. If a Rabbi molests a Jewish child those that make Judism a "perverted religion". When a Babtist minister bangs boys at a bible camp those that invalidate the entire Babtist reliogion ? Is a Muslin does blah blah blah __________________________ fill in the blanks!!!!

I understand your point, and it's possible that reefedjib wasn't just talking about the molesting. I personally do not like Catholicism because it doesn't accept that people are humans. Every effing thing is a sin. Masturbating is completely normal, and that's a sin? Having sex with someone you're not married to is a sin. Lusting after someone is a sin. It's just ridiculous. I don't know why I didn't leave that religion sooner, but my life has been so much happier since I did. I don't run around feeling guilty all the time for my "thoughts" and actions.
 
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
 
You have a right to your opinion just as you have a right to be wrong and you are very adept at the later.

I do and like everyone I have been wrong. In this however, I am right. The ****ing church hid these mother****ers. It is an institutional problem. The church is perverted. The church is the religion. Therefore, the religion is perverted.
 
I understand your point, and it's possible that reefedjib wasn't just talking about the molesting. I personally do not like Catholicism because it doesn't accept that people are humans. Every effing thing is a sin. Masturbating is completely normal, and that's a sin? Having sex with someone you're not married to is a sin. Lusting after someone is a sin. It's just ridiculous. I don't know why I didn't leave that religion sooner, but my life has been so much happier since I did. I don't run around feeling guilty all the time for my "thoughts" and actions.

Those things that you cite as "Lusting after someone is a sin" those are sort of the lower level "beliefs" or rules of the Church and does not constitute "the religion". The core of "the religion" are the beliefs that Christ was the savior and that he rose from the 'dead', and that he was the son of God.." Some of the other stuff that you cited such as the "Masturbating" being a sin can be related to the interpretation of the two books of the Judeo-Christian Bible.

Many of the "rules" of Catholocism that I have a problem with are those that "man" created and I will proudly admit that I am a cafeteria Catholic in that I decide which rules or conventions I adhere to. The prohibition of marriage for Catholic ( Western Catholic) priests is in my mind one stupid counterproductive man made rule. Your brain dead "can't think" for himself Catholic thinks that the anti-marriage prohibition for priests was a "law "of Jesus.

We need to separet the failings and stupidtocities of those who run the Church from "the religion" of the Church.
 
Let's be serious it is not the religion but the workers (priests) and really a portion of priests and only those who are the perverts. If a Rabbi molests a Jewish child those that make Judism a "perverted religion". When a Babtist minister bangs boys at a bible camp those that invalidate the entire Babtist reliogion ? Is a Muslin does blah blah blah __________________________ fill in the blanks!!!!

And let's be serious, it is not just the priests who diddled little boys which is a problem. It is not a case of a boy masturbating, or even of a priest masturbating a little boy. It is the church hierarchy hiding these individuals and relocating them to where they could do the same thing all over again, which some of them did. It is about the church hiding it's transgressions.

In the case of the Rabbi, the Jewish synagogue did not hide him. The Baptist minister was not protected by his church. The Muslim acted alone. In the case of the Catholic, the entire church protected him.

So the church is a perverted institution - we have established that. The only question that remains is whether it is fair to claim that the church is the religion, and thus the religion is perverted. I believe the church defines the religion. Without the Catholic church, there is no Catholic religion. Therefore, the Catholic religion is perverted.
 
And let's be serious, it is not just the priests who diddled little boys which is a problem. It is not a case of a boy masturbating, or even of a priest masturbating a little boy. It is the church hierarchy hiding these individuals and relocating them to where they could do the same thing all over again, which some of them did. It is about the church hiding it's transgressions.

In the case of the Rabbi, the Jewish synagogue did not hide him. The Baptist minister was not protected by his church. The Muslim acted alone. In the case of the Catholic, the entire church protected him.

So the church is a perverted institution - we have established that. The only question that remains is whether it is fair to claim that the church is the religion, and thus the religion is perverted. I believe the church defines the religion. Without the Catholic church, there is no Catholic religion. Therefore, the Catholic religion is perverted.

I will agree that "the Big Hats as I call the Bishops on up in the name of the Church" did hide the perverts and did cover up. I do beleive that the BIG HATS did all of this in there own maybe we can use the term perverted reason to "protect" the Church. If you had seen my posts on other threads on this topic that I in no way have any sympathy for the BIG HATS.

The BIG HATS did act in a very very digusting way to hide the perverted acts of pervert priests. Yet I see this as the employees of the Church hiding the perverted acts of the pervert priests but that does not mean that the Church is perverted as an institution.

I share your disgust for those perverts and I did post some time ago that I would like to see those perverts burned at the stake and the more I hear about the cases and the cover up I am moving to the literal over the conceptual burning.
 
New reports reveal Pope?s oversight role in sexual abuse of children | FSRN - Free Speech Radio News


This one case alone makes the Pope an accessory to child molestation before and after the fact in every case that followed his first knowledge where he failed to act in the interest of the children.

Author, investigator and, documentary producer Jason Berry recently noted that a good portion of Catholic Priests are gay and that it is known within the Church at one level or the other and it seems to me it's a lot like don't ask don't tell and so nothing is ever done about it.

Priests, Ministers, Rabbis, and school teachers, who are know to homosexual should never be left alone with children for any reason because of the possibility of molestations.

Rev. James Scahill has taken a bold and brave position and is to be commended for it.

Celibacy is one of the reasons for these cases but it starts with a basic mental deficiency with the molester, and it can be very hard to spot unless a victim comes forth. However when a victim does speak up swift decisive and severe action needs to be taken.

Former Priest and KGO radio talk show host Berny Ward was accused of molesting children before he left the Priesthood and got married but was still later convicted of child pron so it doesn't seem to go away with time.
hold on.....homosexuality and pedophilia have no relation to each other. and celibacy does not cause pedophilia either. seriously, when were you born?
 
it's been happening for decades.
 
hold on.....homosexuality and pedophilia have no relation to each other. and celibacy does not cause pedophilia either. seriously, when were you born?

I have heard that some people say that " homosexuality and pedophilia have no relation to each other" but in the case of the Catholoc priests who are perverts why is it that they practice their perversion on boys much much more often than on girls ? Why is it that the Catholic priesthood has a very high percentage of homosexuals than is present in the general population ? So what is the relationship of pedophelia and Catholic priests ? Is it that they are Catholoc that makeds them committ pedophilia or is it that they are homosexuals ?
 
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