the catholic church needs to STFU amd STFD and deal with this shit and stop trying to dodge.

[the_future_modernes]

Conn. bishops urge parishes to fight new sex abuse law

HARTFORD, Conn.

Connecticut's Roman Catholic bishops are urging parishes to fight legislation that would extend the statute of limitation in civil child sex abuse cases.

The bishops asked pastors to include a bulletin insert this week that warns of potentially "disastrous" financial fallout.

The insert says the bill could dredge up claims more than 70 years old and place all church institutions at risk, even parishes free of claims.

The insert is signed by Hartford Archbishop Henry Mansell, Bridgeport Bishop William Lori and Norwich Bishop Michael Cote.

Current law gives victims until age 48 to sue. The new law would allow people above that age to join in lawsuits filed by younger people.

State Rep. Beth Bye, a bill co-sponsor, said the bishops' letter was inflammatory and showed a lack of focus on abuse victims.

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Information from: The Hartford Courant, http://www.courant.com

And while they are at it...apparently the sharp criticism that the church is taking is all teh fault of...wait for it...THE JEWS.

HEADDESK

A retired Italian bishop has provoked fury by reportedly suggesting that “Zionists” are behind the current storm of accusations over clerical sex abuse shaking the Vatican and the Catholic Church.

Monsignor Giacomo Babini, the Bishop Emeritus of Grossetto, was quoted by the Italian Roman Catholic website Pontifex as saying he believed a “Zionist attack” was behind the criticism of the Pope, given that it was “powerful and refined” in nature.

Bishop Babini denied he had made any anti-Semitic remarks. He was backed by the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI), which issued a declaration by Bishop Babini in which he said: “Statements I have never made about our Jewish brothers have been attributed to me.”

However, Bruno Volpe, who interviewed Monsignor Babini for Pontifex, confirmed that the bishop had made the statement, which was reported widely in the Italian press today. Pontifex threatened to release the audio tape of the interview as proof. MORE

I don't see why this church should have any kind of moral authority ever again.

Comments

"Moral Authority"?

[merlinpendragon]

The RCC has never had "moral" authority. Religious authority, yes. Secular authority - sometimes. Never has it been moral. The RCC was born in blood, baptised in murder, deceit, and hatred, and crowned by blackmail and fraud.

Re: "Moral Authority"?

[ilyena_sylph]

+1, as far as this agnostic/pagan is concerned.

Re: "Moral Authority"?

[yvi]

As long as the RCC can openly say that atheists have no morality and have people believe them, as long as they can still decide on whether to support abortion in my country and be heard because they sit in on the government ethical board and people listen to what they say yes, they do indeed still have moral authority.

I may not like it, but they do.

[eumelia]

I just wish they'd make up their minds - are they persecuted like the Jews, or are the Jews persecuting thme?!

You can't have it both ways! Especially when both incidences are LIES!

FFS! Stop floundering and face the music.

[merlinpendragon]

Since both incidences are lies anyhow, it's no stretch for them to claim both. It's quite simple, from THEIR point-of-view - the Jews are persecuting them they same way the Jews themselves are being persecuted by others.

I personally find it rather humorous, seeing that the RCC is a first-generation descendant of the Israeli religious faith anyhow. Their still wrong, but they are funny.

http://www.amazon.com/Common-Sense-Century-Myrddin-McGill/dp/1451525982/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271173172&sr=1-1

[eumelia]

I think you mean the old Israelite religion. Please don't conflate Judaism of now with the Judaism of 2000 years ago... it's really not the same thing.
Also Israel = / = Judaism.

[yvi]

I don't see why this church should have any kind of moral authority ever again.

Neither do I. But I am an evil Atheist/secular humanist and thuse the RCC and mayn other churches thing I am completely without any morals anyway :/