Catholic Church Absolves It's Sins By Declaring Patron Saint Of Kiddie Diddling
Australian nun 'to be made patron saint of abuse victims'
"An Australian nun who will be canonised by the Pope next month should be made the patron saint of clerical sex abuse victims, Catholics have suggested.
Mary MacKillop, who was born to Scottish parents, worked in often harsh conditions in the Outback and will become Australia's first saint during a special Mass at the Vatican on Oct 17.
An Australian documentary due to be aired a week before her canonisation claims that she was persecuted by the Catholic Church for denouncing a priest, Father Patrick Keating, who was abusing children.
In 1871 MacKillop, then 29, was excommunicated by her bishop in South Australia for five months but it has never been clear exactly why.
The priest was disciplined but then simply moved back to his native Ireland, where he took up a job in a new parish.
The claims that she was shunned by the Church for speaking out against paedophile priests have led to calls from some Catholics for her to be made the unofficial patron saint of victims of clerical sex abuse around the world."
"An Australian nun who will be canonised by the Pope next month should be made the patron saint of clerical sex abuse victims, Catholics have suggested.
Mary MacKillop, who was born to Scottish parents, worked in often harsh conditions in the Outback and will become Australia's first saint during a special Mass at the Vatican on Oct 17.
An Australian documentary due to be aired a week before her canonisation claims that she was persecuted by the Catholic Church for denouncing a priest, Father Patrick Keating, who was abusing children.
In 1871 MacKillop, then 29, was excommunicated by her bishop in South Australia for five months but it has never been clear exactly why.
The priest was disciplined but then simply moved back to his native Ireland, where he took up a job in a new parish.
The claims that she was shunned by the Church for speaking out against paedophile priests have led to calls from some Catholics for her to be made the unofficial patron saint of victims of clerical sex abuse around the world."
posted by nolocontendere at 7:33 PM
3 Comments:
Oh dear kiddy diddler we adore you only because we are the greatest pox to have ever existed on the face of the planet
I imagine the church needed some sort of fig leaf for the constant flood of abuse stories.
Hi Nolo:
after 45 years away from the Catholic church, with the exception of taking my disabled relative to mass once a month, I decided to attend a caticism class for adults to see what, if anything, has changed in my absence.
Last night was my first class. I got my book and binder. Father began his lecture. First thing I learn? The Catholic Church believes and teaches that the jews are still the "chosen ones" inspite of the fact that they do not follow Jesus.
Father quoted Ogden Nash:
How odd that God
would choose the jews.
I liked that quip but wanted to get into an argument about the point.
If I was still keeping up my own blog (waaaaaaaay too busy!) I would diarize my thoughts on the course.
So far, not impressed by the basic 101 teachings.
gc
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