A Cardinal in Chile has recently come under scrutiny after suspending the investigation of a now retired priest that has been accused of sexual abuse.
The priest, Rev. Fernando Karadima, has been accused of molesting at least three boys, with the abuse spanning a time period of at least two decades. An additional man has stepped forward making allegations that sexual abuse took place when he was a young adult. One of the claims states that the abuse occurred for over 20 years. Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz suspended the investigation after deciding that deeper investigation needed to be performed, particularly to look for evidence that might lay proof to the claims.
The Catholic church has been under immense gunfire throughout the year. Pope Benedict XVI himself has also been publicly scrutinized and accused of refusing to acknowledge that previous allegations of abuse have been covered by members of the clergy for years.
Although accusations of sexual abuse by the hands of clergy is neither new or unheard of, there has been a recent surge in the amount of accusations gone public. There have been accusations from the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Ireland, and Germany, stemming as far back as 1970.
I hope they can get to the bottom of this horrible accusations and punish the child abusers to the MAX!!! This is just not acceptable for religious “higher ups” to hide these allegations. They should be thinking of the victims and NOT the abusers. This has given the Catholic Church a stinking bad name.
if these molesters had been methodists, i have no doubt that they would be behind bars. these are not only descipable acts, they are criminal. how can anyone continue to patronize this most vile of organizations?
LET’S BE HONEST, THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY HEARING OR READING ABOUT THESE HORRIBLE UNUSUAL ISOLATED ACTS THAT HAPPENED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD IS TO PERPETUATE THE ANTI CATHOLIC SENTIMENT THAT HAS EXISTED FOR CENTURIES.