6. The hierarchy of the Catholic Church has passed the tradition of protecting priests at all costs down through the ages to where it has become a cultural policy.
The Depths of Depravity: Dehumanizing Actions
The culture of the RCC has been to totally ignore their victim's pain and suffering. There is not a shred of historical information that proves otherwise. The RCC has steadfastly refused to promote the healing and well being of children who have fallen victim to predator priests. Even to this day, the church fights tooth and nail in their attempts to ignore their victims. Are these the acts of an organization with humanitarian goals or one that has been dehumanized? Certainly they do not follow the precepts of Jesus.
The too obvious questions are: "What kind of men would allow heinous crimes against the bodies and souls of children to go unpunished?" What kind of men would then leave these children to suffer in silence? Never once has a bishop said that he considered the children when transferring sexually abusing priests to a new parish. Heartless is a kind moniker. Inhumane is a better one. The less obvious and more important question is why would men allow these same crimes against humanity to persist over centuries? To really understand that question, you have to first understand the depths of depravity reached by priests committing these crimes before you can truly appreciate the inhuman actions of person that lets them continue unabated.
The detachment molesting priests are capable of borders on sociopathic; meaning there is no remorse for even the most monstrous of crimes. The following stories are true and the reader must remember these are not the worst. Propriety and respect for the reader prohibit going into graphic detail regarding the sordid crimes priests have committed upon the bodies of children. However, for those seeking verification, a quick search of the Internet reveals over three quarters of a million entries on the subject of clergy abuse. The query "survivor stories of clergy abuse" produces almost ninety thousand entries.
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis was accused of helping an Ecuadorian priest flee the United States in November of 2008 after he allegedly molested a 4-year-old girl in Minneapolis.6
A woman goes to her parish priest for counseling. She tells the priest that she wants to be a good Catholic, but is having a hard time because she was sexually assaulted by a priest as a young girl. This priest gains her confidence and uses her needs to get to her twin boys and sexually abuses both of them. One of the boys, as a result of the abuse, attempts suicide. As he lay in his hospital bed hovering between life and death with his mom at his side, who comes to her offering prayers and consolation? None other than her counselor, her parish priest, and her son's abuser, the same man who's sexual abuse drove the boy to attempt suicide in the first place!
Behavior like that defies any connection with either a conscience or humanity, yet it happened. Worse still is the abusing priest who has the unbridled audacity to say the funeral mass for one of his victims that succeeded in committing suicide. This behavior strongly mirrors that of the arsonist who delights in watching his flames devour a building.
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