Post by ravyng on Jul 18, 2007 11:55:48 GMT -5
one of the things that is hard for people to grasp is that 50 yeas ago while this definitely was immoral and criminal--it was not necessarily something there were laws against! The world was a different place than it is now. Child abuse today has much broader definitions--which is a good thing for sure! But there were not even child abuse laws on the books up until the 1970's in some states! So when the Catholic Church and any other churches dealt with this kind of thing they were in many cases doing what was lawful and handling it how it was handled by everyone at the time.
Instead of condeming the Church for dealing with it now--we should praise God these terrible crimes have finally been dealt with properly! for opening the doors to deal with it still hidden in so many other places! What can the Church do to make reparation? Nothing can fix this. So they are doing what they are now required to do, and the rest must be a matter of prayer for healing---healing the victims and healing the corruption and healing for the criminals too. Remember very few victimizers just choose one day to be predators--they are usually taught how to be by their own victimization...... this goes back generations.
Is it not the grace of God that this has been purged? We pray that all the hidden abuse be likewise purged and that it stops here with this generation.
Ravyn
Instead of condeming the Church for dealing with it now--we should praise God these terrible crimes have finally been dealt with properly! for opening the doors to deal with it still hidden in so many other places! What can the Church do to make reparation? Nothing can fix this. So they are doing what they are now required to do, and the rest must be a matter of prayer for healing---healing the victims and healing the corruption and healing for the criminals too. Remember very few victimizers just choose one day to be predators--they are usually taught how to be by their own victimization...... this goes back generations.
Is it not the grace of God that this has been purged? We pray that all the hidden abuse be likewise purged and that it stops here with this generation.
Ravyn