A US priest has urged Pope Benedict XVI to step down amid scandals of child sexual abuses by former clergies that has engulfed the Roman Catholic Church.
An ardent critic of sexual abuses committed by Catholic priests, the Rev. James Scahill of the parish of St. Michael's Church in Massachusetts used his last weekend's sermon to call on the 82-year old Pontiff to resign for the good of the Catholic Church.
"If he can't take the consequences of being truthful on this matter, his integrity should lead him, for the good of the church, to step down and to have the conclave of cardinals elect a pope with the understanding that the elected pope would be willing to take on this issue, not just in promise," Scahill said, according to a CNN report on Tuesday.'
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Well, the truth is that just because a person puts on a gown/Cassock, this does not suddenly transform them to being 'holier than thou'.
ReplyDeleteThey are human just like everybody else and prone to the same faults that normal people are too. Only difference is that they are in the public eye.
Inspired indeed.
If one was inspired by God, they would not condone ungodly acts and sinful/bad behaviour and exploitation of others.