The KC diocese is still looking for ways to stop public-relations
fallout from the recent child sex-abuse allegations, but so far they're
done a poor job of it. Does Bishop Finn know how laughable, how
calculating it looks to promise to hire independent investigators
when he didn't turn people over to the police for independent
investigation at the first warning they were abusing kids? Does
he have any idea of how disgusted people are that after all these years
and all these cases, the church still acts to protect priests first?
Probably not. Or maybe they know it's too late to reach all
but the most devout, because it's hard to think of anyone else who might
be touched by their plan to "promote unity" after the scandals with a
special Latin-language "Solemn High Mass."
The diocese says it'll hold the special mass Wednesday, June 29, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. "How glorious will it be to see those of your fold theretofore unacquainted ... kneeling next to one another in the pews!" says their announcement. "Amidst all the discord and disunity during this present darkness, let there be light!" Yes. All that child molestation need not be in vain If even two people who were once strangers can politely ignore each other while kneeling for the communion wafer!
As a former altar boy, this does strike me as a good way to remind everyone who hasn't stopped going to church that no one understands Catholics like the Catholics do. Being in that religion is like being in the mafia. You're never really out no matter how badly you want out. Everybody owes, everybody pays.
If anything was a living metaphor for that mentality, it'd be the Latin Mass. There's a reason that they got rid of it when they were trying to bring the church into the modern era and maybe reach average people. Only a Catholic has any idea of what's being done during the service; even then, it's easy to get lost because the priest's back is always turned on you. It's completely cold, lacking even a visceral connection between priest and worshiper. In that regard, for this moment, it is perfect.
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Well to be truthful Peter your really not a smart guy. First Latin is the primary source of Higher Education and second the Traditional Latin Mass was never abolished. I attend Latin Masses in France, Mexico, Brazil and most of the pews were filled with Young Adult Catholics.
Pope Benedict just made mandatory of Latin in the Seminaries. The Latin Mass is coming back.
Well to be truthfully people are more likely to be abuse in the Public school system
Latin is taught in Law schools and so much of our language come from Latin. Well the Catholic Church is growing in China and Vietnam after persecution from Atheist Communists and Socialists.
Well to b truthful the Latin Mass wasn't abolish after the Second Vatican Council and Latin is not a dead langauge and Young Catholics are intrested in the Traditional Latin MAss.
The untold story is that a full apology from Bishop Finn will also be in Latin.
He will also demand a Grand Jury investigation (in Latin) and will have the full report be written in Latin. He will then say how much he loves being a Bishop in America, and will promptly be reassigned to Latin America.
I have some Latin..."Illegitimi Non Carborundum". I think it means "don't let the bastards wear you down"
quoted:
"Yes. All that child molestation need not be in vain"?
So these catholics are using kids who have been sexually used and abused to re-connect to each other within their church?
Where are their priorities? Do any of these people have kids?
This is such a stab in the hearts and souls of all those who have been harmed by priests, bothers, nuns, bishops, cardinals, etc. This is re-abuse to the fullest.
We feel so sad for all victims. These folks should be contacting law enforcement, crimes have been committed within the KC church hierarchy.
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests"
These latest actions on the part of the KC-St.J Diocese have one purpose only: to alienate victims so that they will not come forward to report abuse.
It's funny that takes no effort at all to put on a mass for the bishop that will be televised on EWTN, but when it comes time to turn over child abuse images to the cops? No can do.
Shameful.
If you are a victim of abuse, or have seen or suspected abuse, please call law enforcement. Not the church. There is help available.
Joelle Casteix
SNAP Western Regional Director
jcasteix@gmail:disqus.com
"The date of the founding as a village or series of tribal territories is uncertain, but the traditional and legendary founding of the city (Rome) dates to 753 BC. Although this date is heavily laden in myth, it is at least roughly supported through archeological evidence. It was in the 8th century BC that two existing settlements, one on the Palatine Hill, the other on the Quirinal, combined to form a single village, corresponding to the same dates as the legend."
This would make Rome approximately, 2764 years old. The Latin language could easily have preceded Rome's founding by several hundred years, although this, too, is uncertain. The Etruscans, who inhabited central Italy, and were more acculturated than the Latin tribes, had their own language. The Etruscans were gradually assimilated into the Latin tribes, and their language became mixed with the Latins o form a patois that became the Latin language.
http://www.unrv.com/empire/fou...
quoted: ""Amidst all the discord and disunity during this present darkness, let
there be light!" Yes. (All that child molestation need not be in vain) If
even two people who were once strangers can politely ignore each other
while kneeling for the communion wafer!"
omg... All that child molestation need not be in vain?? .. So now they can use kids being sexually abused by priests to connect with each other??
Where in the world are these folks priorities? Do they have children of their own? I feel so sad for all who have been abused, and now they are being USED..
Please contact your local prosecutors.. this has got to stop. Sexually abusing a child and covering up that abuse is a CRIME..
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director,
636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by
Priests"
http://www.snapnetwork.org/
Oh my gosh, you aren't really going to go there?? "Not all naked children images are necessarily porn"?? Really? Just the words "naked children" should have had him looking into this. It's a shame that you feel the necessity to defend a man who is neither too naive or too lazy to do his DUTY.
WOW! The Catholic church never ceases to amaze me!! I have been a Catholic all my life, but now am really ashamed to admit any affiliation with a church that believes a Mass in a language that's hardly even taught in schools any more can unite a people who have been so fatally wounded. Bishop Finn, I would love to know what you are thinking - or are you? This is supposed to make up for the horrific mistakes you have made handling sexually predatory priests? Again, WOW!!
These people are the scum of the earth. Its disgusting that they hide child molesters behind the fairy tales that are religion.
Though Bishop Finn got the letter, he never read it. Only portions were read to him. He was only told the computer had images of naked children inside it. Not all naked children images are necessarly porn, therefore; he had no reason to notify the police, at the time.How many dozens of other "unfounded" child sexual abuse cases has Bishop Finn handled? This one also, would have been quietly buried, had it not been for a brave, honest computer technician, who refused to "play dumb"
According to my extremely cursory online research of Latin. Everything I could learn in 30 seconds. If there's any linguists out there who can help me date it better, I'm down.
"diocese plans to comfort people using 4,000-year-old dead language." 4000 year old language? Really?
Very amusing article.
If Bishop Finn or the Catholic congregation were serious about stopping child sex abuse int he church, they would demand a Grand Jury investigation like the one that was done in Philadelphia, where the results were horrifying. Just read the first 6 pages at
http://bit.ly/jyfXni
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