Something is dramatically wrong when a Cardinal of
the Roman Catholic Church, the titular head of the Catholic Church in
Australia, Cardinal Pell can say (in apparent justification) that, and I quote
from the Weekend Australian newspaper dated 11-12 November 2012, despite the
Catholic Church having received hundreds of complaints of child abuse and notifications of paedophilia in New
South Wales and Victoria he believed “it was no worse than any other
organisation, and had been unfairly vilified”.
I find this statement astounding, utterly beneath
contempt and unworthy of any “organisation” – particularly a church like the
Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Pell is obviously looking after his position
and is protecting his back. The statement was obviously made to protect the
“image” of the Church and to diminish anyone who dares to criticise the
activities of the Church and its ministers.
It would be well for Cardinal Pell to recall the
words of Jesus (King James - Matthew 18.6):
“But whoso
shall offend one of these little ones which believes in me, it were better that
a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depths
of the sea.”
As I understand it the whole point of a “Church” is
that it espouses spiritual values and is supposed to guide, to nourish, to
uplift its members. The whole point of priesthood is the (supposedly) spiritual
training priests receive which is (supposedly) designed to make them “better”
that the average parishioner so that they (the priests) may better minister to
the needs of their “flock”.
It would be well for Cardinal Pell to also recall
the words of Jesus (King James –
Matthew 22. v37 - 40):
“37. Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind.
38.
This is the first and great commandment.
39.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40.
On these two commandments hang all the laws and the prophets.”
How can anyone trust an “organisation” such as the
Catholic Church that breaks its own Laws, with children, innocent children;
breaks the COMMANDMENTS, no less, of Jesus and then have its leader (Cardinal
Pell) say, “We have been unfairly vilified?”
This statement beggars belief. Not only should a
Royal Commission be set up to investigate the many hundreds of accusations of
paedophilia and abuse but Cardinal Pell should stand aside from his position
until this whole messy business is sorted out and the Church “cleansed” of its
defilement.
I paraphrase Oliver Cromwell and say to Cardinal
Pell and the Church hierarchy, “You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ...
Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!”
(For the record - I am a non-practicing Anglican).
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